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Submitted: 4/1/21 • Approved: 4/1/21 • Last Updated: 4/4/21 • R307903-G0-S3
LIEUTENANT COLONEL CSA
Company A 17 Regiment Louisiana Infantry
Civil War Confederate
February 11, 1842 - November 28, 1921
He entered Confederate service as a 2nd Lieutenant on September 20, 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana. On December 23, 1861, he was promoted to Captain, and in September 1862, he was promoted to Major. On July 4, 1863, he was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi after Confederate forces capitulated. He was a Lieutenant Colonel at the time of surrender. He was paroled July 10, 1863.
Confederate Pension Application Index Database, Reel CP1.116 - Microdex 1 - Sequence 26
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, The National Archives, Publication M320, Roll 0287
Contributed on 4/1/21 by bridges1026
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