The weekly Thibodaux sentinel and journal of the 8th Senatorial District. [volume] (Thibodaux, Lna. [i.e. La.]) 1875-1898, 1892-08-20
LOUIS BUSH!!

some days ago, that Col. Louis Bush
had died in Palmyra, Wisconsin,
whittier he had gone in the hope Of
re-establishiny his broken health.
To the older citizens Of the Lafour.
che country, this announcement
brought sorrow and regret, as he had
been long and favorably known by
them, and, retained in their memories
a warm and pleasant space.
Louis Bush, was born in Iherville
Parish, in 1920, and brought to Thi-
bodaux by his father, Reuben Bush, in
his childhood.
On finishing his educational course,
he was appointed Clerk of the Parish
Court by Judge T. w. Nichols, and
was the first elected Clerk of the Dis
tlict Court under the new constitution
that established the same.
Mr.. Bush, at once, 10y his lndomita-
bic will and energy soon gained a
prominent position in this Parish and
Town.
He was the first Clerk of the Town
Council of Thibodaux, and served sew
eral years i'll thatcapacity-was Treas
urer, and Assessor, and subsequently,
Mayor. always fulfilling the duties as
signed to him with satisfaction to the
Council and his fellow citizens.
Whilst acting in the capacity of Dis
trict Clerk, he stu died Law, and upon
his retirement from that position, he
entered upon the practice of the same,
in co~partnership with Adam Beatty,
then considered one of the ablest ad-
vocates in the Lafourche country, who
subsequ emily lost his life on the bloody
plains of Mansfield on May s 1864.
This firm, at once, took a front rank
its profession, and, subsequently,
changed to Bush. Beatty and Allan,
the latter ofwhom was mortally woun-
ded at Shiloh on April 6, 1862. 1t had
an extensive practice Until the war
closed its work.
Mr.. Bush, in 1860, was elected a del
egate to the Convention that met a
Baton Rouge. and, on January 21st'
1861, passed the Ordinance of Seces-
sion, dissolvlng the connection of Lou
isiana with the Union. He was earn
estly opposed to such action, but when
the Ordinance was adopted he took his
place among his fellow citizens, sus-
tanning the act with his accustomed
energy and ability.
Arranging his large business for that
purpose, he, with j. X. Gourdain, who
was killed, in New Orleans, on the IA
nous 14th of September, 1874. John
y. Collins and Joseph P. Tucker, rails
ed ii military company in this Parish,
composed OF 10S members, called the
Lafourche Creoles Of which he was
Captain, which left Thibodaux Septem-
Der 25, 1861, was mustered into service
at Camp Moore, Oct. 5, 1861, ard be-
came company &c" of the 18th Louisi-
ana Infantry.
In the organisation ofthat Regiment,
with Alfred Mouton, who fell in the
hour of victory at Mansfield, as Colo
mel, Alfred Roman as Lieutenant Col
onel, Capt. Bush became Major.
In this capacity he served, until the
reorganization Of the Army in May
1862. His ability as an officer, and
disciplinarian was marked and able,
and his ~gallantry upon the field of
Shiloh, where his regiment lost more
than half of its strength engaged, was
conspicuous.
At the reorganization he was elected
Lieutenant Colonel of the 18th Louisi-
ana Regiment. His health failing and
conscious of his physical inability to
perform his duty in the field, he re-
signed, which resignation, accepted,
reached him at Tupclo. Miss, in june
1862. He then returned to Louisiana
and became the Adjutant General o
General Mouton's Command, then in
process of formation in the Lafourche
and Attakapas country.
subsequently, he raised, in the Ope'
~lousas country, a Regiment of Cavalry
of which he was the Colonel until ht