BUNCH, EUGENE F (VETERAN CSA) - Washington County, Louisiana | EUGENE F (VETERAN CSA) BUNCH - Louisiana Gravestone Photos

Eugene F (Veteran CSA) BUNCH

Morris (Franklinton) Cemetery
Washington County,
Louisiana

PRIVATE CSA
Company E 3 Louisiana Cavalry (Wingfield's)
Civil War Confederate
February 3, 1843 - August 21, 1892

From Louisiana Archives ~ Bunch, E F, Pvt. Company E 3rd Louisiana Cavalry (Wingfield's). Enlisted May 25th, 1861, Camp Moore, Louisiana. Roll dated June, 1862, Present. Appears on Roll of Prisoners of War, Captured and paroled at Port Hudson, Louisiana, July, 1863.

Eugene F Bunch,was a train robber in the south eastern part of La.He ,it is believed may also have robbed a few places,in Texas. Eugene enkisted in the Civil War in Louisiana on May 15,1861. He was in Company E.Third Louisiana Calvary (Wingfield). After the end of the war ,Eugene then met and married a girl from a neighboring parish. His family seemed to be susceptible to Tuberculosis, he moved to a drier climate, Dallas,Texas. It is at this point he began to gamble, and turned into a bandit. His return to Washington Parish, he robbed the train in Amite,Louisiana (Tangiphoa Parish. Then went to MUster Ground to hide out. His partner in crime, surrendered and Eugene was killed by posse. He is buried in the Morris Cemetery, Franklinton, Louisiana.

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Contributed on 3/28/20 by billsully060
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Submitted: 3/28/20 • Approved: 3/30/20 • Last Updated: 4/2/20 • R256060-G0-S3

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