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Submitted: 6/14/23 • Approved: 6/14/23 • Last Updated: 6/17/23 • R430524-G0-S3
PRIVATE CSA
Company C 8 Louisiana Infantry
Civil War Confederate
August 25, 1846 - October 27, 1895
He enlisted March 15, 1862 in St Martin Parish, Louisiana. Prisoner of War, Captured Rappahannock, Virginia, November 7, 1863, sent to Washington, November 11, 1863. Forwarded to Point Lookout, Maryland & exchanged March 10, 1864. Roll of Prisoners of War, Captured at Wilderness Virginia, May 12, 1864. Forwarded to Belle Plains, Virginia, May 18, 1864. Received at Elmira, New York, August 17, 1864, from Point Lookout, Maryland, August 17, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, New York, February 25, 1865, & sent to James River, Virginia, for exchange. Appears on Register of Prisoners of War, Paroled April 10, 1865. by authority of Lieutenant General Grant, age 24, eyes brown. hair dark,complexion dark, height 5 feet, 7 inches. Residence St Martin Parish, Louisiana. Born Louisiana, occupation farmer, age when enlisted 19,
single. .
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Contributed on 6/14/23
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