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Submitted: 9/21/20 • Approved: 9/21/20 • Last Updated: 9/24/20 • R283607-G0-S3
PRIVATE CSA
5 Louisiana Light Artillery
Civil War Confederate
Death Date Unknown
From Louisiana Archives ~ Smith, Felix, Private Company A, 4 Louisiana Infantry. Enlisted June 9, 1861. Biloxi. Present or absent not stated on Roll dated October 1 1861. Roll dated November 27, 1861, Discharged on account of disability.
Smith, Felix H, Private 6 Field Battery (Grosse Tete Flying Artillery) Louisiana Light Artilleryy. Enlisted _. Federal
Rolls of Prisoners of War. Captured Morganza, Louisiana, August 30, 1864. Received Ship Island, Mississippi, from New Orleans, October 27, 1864. Forwarded to Fort Columbus, New York Harbor, November 16, 1864. Transferred to Elmira, New York, November 19, 1864. Paroled Elmira, New York, Feb. 9, 1865. Sent to James River, Virginia, for exchange. Exchanged Boulware's and Coxe's Wharf, James River, Virginia, February 20-21,1865. Received Fort McHenry, Maaryland, May 10, 1865. Released from Fort McHenry, Missouri, May 12, 1865, in pursuance of instructions from Commissary General of Prisoners dated Washington, D C, May 8, 1865. Residence New Orleans, Lousisana.
Was also in Company A 4th Infantry Light Artillery
See Louisiana Confederate Pension Applications
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