His parents were True Delling and his 1st wife, Pamela Pratt.
His mother died in 1845. His siblings (in 1850, Wolcott, Wayne, New York) were Oscar and Mary Delling. George, Lorinda, Albert, Ella & Fannie Delling were half siblings by his dad and stepmother Mary H. Conklin. Three more siblings were born to the family after Ira's death in 1862.
Ira married Adaline E. Sloan on 21 Dec 1857 in Genesee Twp, Genesee Co, MI. He stated he was 21, but he was actually 18 at the time.
Adie E. Delling applied for a military pension on Oct. 25, 1862. United States General Index: app # 4,849 cert # 206,133 Michigan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Military Service, Civil War, 1861-1862:
Co. A 8th MI INF
Fenton Light Guard
RES Genesee Twp, Genesee Co, MI
ENL Flint, Genesee County, MI August 6, 1861
Age 23
Pvt Delling saw action in five engagements under Col. William M. Fenton: Hilton Head Island, SC. Nov 8, 1861, Coosaw Ferry, Port Royal, SC. Jan 1, 1862, Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, GA. Apr 1-12, 1862, Wilmington Island, GA. Apr 16, 1862, and James Island, SC. June 16, 1862.
Killed in action at James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, June 16, 1862.
Ira's body was not recovered by the Union forces. He was buried by CSA with 45 others in a mass grave at Fort Lamar, James Island Civil War Battlefield, James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.
~Graves Registration Database (Department of Michigan)
Delling, Ira, b1838, KIA 16 Jun 1862, A 8 MI INF, cemetery: Fort Lamar (SOUTH CAROLINA), Secessionville, James Island, SC.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See the Albert Branick memorial for Battle of Secessionville details. -Scroll down to a section named, The Battle
His mother died in 1845. His siblings (in 1850, Wolcott, Wayne, New York) were Oscar and Mary Delling. George, Lorinda, Albert, Ella & Fannie Delling were half siblings by his dad and stepmother Mary H. Conklin. Three more siblings were born to the family after Ira's death in 1862.
Ira married Adaline E. Sloan on 21 Dec 1857 in Genesee Twp, Genesee Co, MI. He stated he was 21, but he was actually 18 at the time.
Adie E. Delling applied for a military pension on Oct. 25, 1862. United States General Index: app # 4,849 cert # 206,133 Michigan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Military Service, Civil War, 1861-1862:
Co. A 8th MI INF
Fenton Light Guard
RES Genesee Twp, Genesee Co, MI
ENL Flint, Genesee County, MI August 6, 1861
Age 23
Pvt Delling saw action in five engagements under Col. William M. Fenton: Hilton Head Island, SC. Nov 8, 1861, Coosaw Ferry, Port Royal, SC. Jan 1, 1862, Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, GA. Apr 1-12, 1862, Wilmington Island, GA. Apr 16, 1862, and James Island, SC. June 16, 1862.
Killed in action at James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, June 16, 1862.
Ira's body was not recovered by the Union forces. He was buried by CSA with 45 others in a mass grave at Fort Lamar, James Island Civil War Battlefield, James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.
~Graves Registration Database (Department of Michigan)
Delling, Ira, b1838, KIA 16 Jun 1862, A 8 MI INF, cemetery: Fort Lamar (SOUTH CAROLINA), Secessionville, James Island, SC.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See the Albert Branick memorial for Battle of Secessionville details. -Scroll down to a section named, The Battle
His parents were True Delling and his 1st wife, Pamela Pratt.
His mother died in 1845. His siblings (in 1850, Wolcott, Wayne, New York) were Oscar and Mary Delling. George, Lorinda, Albert, Ella & Fannie Delling were half siblings by his dad and stepmother Mary H. Conklin. Three more siblings were born to the family after Ira's death in 1862.
Ira married Adaline E. Sloan on 21 Dec 1857 in Genesee Twp, Genesee Co, MI. He stated he was 21, but he was actually 18 at the time.
Adie E. Delling applied for a military pension on Oct. 25, 1862. United States General Index: app # 4,849 cert # 206,133 Michigan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Military Service, Civil War, 1861-1862:
Co. A 8th MI INF
Fenton Light Guard
RES Genesee Twp, Genesee Co, MI
ENL Flint, Genesee County, MI August 6, 1861
Age 23
Pvt Delling saw action in five engagements under Col. William M. Fenton: Hilton Head Island, SC. Nov 8, 1861, Coosaw Ferry, Port Royal, SC. Jan 1, 1862, Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, GA. Apr 1-12, 1862, Wilmington Island, GA. Apr 16, 1862, and James Island, SC. June 16, 1862.
Killed in action at James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, June 16, 1862.
Ira's body was not recovered by the Union forces. He was buried by CSA with 45 others in a mass grave at Fort Lamar, James Island Civil War Battlefield, James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.
~Graves Registration Database (Department of Michigan)
Delling, Ira, b1838, KIA 16 Jun 1862, A 8 MI INF, cemetery: Fort Lamar (SOUTH CAROLINA), Secessionville, James Island, SC.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See the Albert Branick memorial for Battle of Secessionville details. -Scroll down to a section named, The Battle
His mother died in 1845. His siblings (in 1850, Wolcott, Wayne, New York) were Oscar and Mary Delling. George, Lorinda, Albert, Ella & Fannie Delling were half siblings by his dad and stepmother Mary H. Conklin. Three more siblings were born to the family after Ira's death in 1862.
Ira married Adaline E. Sloan on 21 Dec 1857 in Genesee Twp, Genesee Co, MI. He stated he was 21, but he was actually 18 at the time.
Adie E. Delling applied for a military pension on Oct. 25, 1862. United States General Index: app # 4,849 cert # 206,133 Michigan.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Military Service, Civil War, 1861-1862:
Co. A 8th MI INF
Fenton Light Guard
RES Genesee Twp, Genesee Co, MI
ENL Flint, Genesee County, MI August 6, 1861
Age 23
Pvt Delling saw action in five engagements under Col. William M. Fenton: Hilton Head Island, SC. Nov 8, 1861, Coosaw Ferry, Port Royal, SC. Jan 1, 1862, Fort Pulaski, Cockspur Island, GA. Apr 1-12, 1862, Wilmington Island, GA. Apr 16, 1862, and James Island, SC. June 16, 1862.
Killed in action at James Island, Charleston, South Carolina, June 16, 1862.
Ira's body was not recovered by the Union forces. He was buried by CSA with 45 others in a mass grave at Fort Lamar, James Island Civil War Battlefield, James Island, Charleston County, South Carolina.
~Graves Registration Database (Department of Michigan)
Delling, Ira, b1838, KIA 16 Jun 1862, A 8 MI INF, cemetery: Fort Lamar (SOUTH CAROLINA), Secessionville, James Island, SC.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
See the Albert Branick memorial for Battle of Secessionville details. -Scroll down to a section named, The Battle
Inscription
THIS STONE MARKS THE SITE OF THE
BATTLE OF SECESSIONVILLE JUNE 16, 1862.
ERECTED BY SECESSIONVILLE CHAPTER. U.D.C.1924.
Gravesite Details
Final Disposition - this is not a cenotaph
Family Members
Siblings
Half Siblings
Advertisement
Explore more
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
