James Wood Bush
James Wood Bush (1845–1906) was the citizen of the Kingdom of Hawaii and was among only a few Hawaiians who fought in the American Civil War.
Life
The Hawaiian James Wood Bush, Honolulu- born in 1845, well represents the average Civil War veteran from Hawaii. He enlisted as an "Ordinary Seaman" in Portsmouth, NH, September 27, 1864. No doubt, he arrived in New England from Hawaii while serving on a whaling or other merchant ship. He served on the USS Vandalia briefly (a sloop of war serving as a receiving and guard ship)and then for many months on the USS Beauregard(a captured Confederate Schooner)chasing blockade runners off West Florida. During that grueling duty, he developed chronic laryngitis and spinal injuries. He was discharged from the US Navy in September 1865 at Brooklyn Naval Hospital. After the war, he lived in New Bedford, San Francisco, and Tahiti as he made his way back to Hawaii arriving in 1877, over ten years later, epic travels worthy of the name odyssey. Due to his injuries and military service, in 1905 he was awarded a US Government pension, credited from 1897 until his death in 1906.114
- Burlingame, Burl. "Reviving History". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu. Hawaiian recruits, she found, were as pitiful and forgotten as Pvt. Henry Hoolulu Pitman, captured by rebels to die in Richmond, Va.'s, notorious Libby Prison
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPFjpC2Bwek Nanette Napoleon discusses Henry Hoolulu Pitman
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOELmBnE7B0 Diane Kinoole Pitman Spieler, grandniece attend Civil War ceremony at the Punahou Cemetery
In August 26, 2010, on the anniversary of the signing of the Hawaiian Neutrality Proclamation, a bronze memorial plaque was erected at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu recognizing the Hawaiʻi Sons of the Civil War, the more than 100 documented Hawaiians, who served during the American Civil War on both the Union and the Confederacy. Bush's great grandniece Edna Bush Ellis attended the ceremony.[2][3][4]
References
- ^ Vance, Justin W.; Manning, Anita (October 2012). "The Effects of the American Civil War on Hawai'i and the Pacific World". World History Connected. 9 (3). University of Illinois.
- ^ Kubota, Lisa (August 26, 2010). "Hawaii's Civil War veterans honored at Punchbowl". Hawaii News Now.
- ^ "Memorial Plaque". Hawaiʻi Sons of the Civil War. Retrieved June 27, 2014.
- ^ Cole, William (May 31, 2010). "Native Hawaiians served on both sides during Civil War". Honolulu Advertiser.
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