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Submitted: 12/27/21 • Approved: 12/27/21 • Last Updated: 12/30/21 • R341476-G0-S3
COLONEL CSA
16 Louisiana Infantry
Civil War Confederate
September 9, 1823 - June 15, 1864
From Louisiana Archives ~ Pond, Preston, Jr, Colonel Company -, 16th Louisiana Infantry. Enlisted _ Regimental Return November, 1861, Signs return as Colonel, Commanding. Roster dated March, 1865, Entry into Confederate Service, September 29, 1861. Elected Colonel, September 26, 1861. Resigned May 2, 1862. Successor, Daniel Gober.
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Contributed on 12/27/21
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