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Submitted: 4/6/16 • Approved: 4/11/16 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R120203-G0-S3
CAPTAIN CSA
Company D 3 Louisiana Infantry
Civil War Confederate
July 24, 1830 - January 23, 1888
From Louisiana Archives ~ Russell, William E, 2nd Lieutenant, Captain Company D, 3rd Louisiana Infantry. Enlisted May 17, 1861, New Orleans, Louisiana. Present on Rolls to October, 1861. Roll November and December, 1861, Recapitulation, Absent with leave. Rolls May, 1862, to August, 1862, Present. Descriptive Roll dated Saltillo, Mississippi, August 28, 1862, Elected 2nd Lieutenant, May 9, 1861. Age 32 years, born _, Louisiana, elected 1st Lieutenant May 8, promoted Captain May 10, 1862. Rolls October, 1862, to December, 1862, Absent with leave, detailed as Recruiting Officer since October 25, 1862. Roll January and February, 1863, Present. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured and paroled at Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863. On List dated Headquarters. Allen's Brigade,Shreveport, Louisiana, March 29, 1864, Reported in camp for exchange at Natchitoches, Louisiana, before
April 1, 1864.
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