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Submitted: 11/6/24 • Approved: 11/8/24 • Last Updated: 11/11/24 • R498188-G498186-S3
Apolinaire
PRIVATE CSA
Company C 1 Louisiana Heavy Artillery, Regulars
Civil War Confederate
1841 - February 11, 1921
Age 80
From Louisiana Archives ~ Richard, Apolinaire, Private Company C, 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery (Regulars).Rolls October 31, 1862, to April,1863. Present, conscript, joined October 20, 1862. Rolls September, 1863 to October, 1864, Absent, sent to U S, from Vicksburg. Roll March and April, 1865, Dropped from Roll, order of Regimental Commander. Captured at Vicksburg, refused parole. has not been heard of since. Federal Rolls
of Prisoners of War, Captured Vicksburg, Mississippi, July 4, 1863. Refused parole. Sent to Memphis,
Tennessee, July 18, 1863. Forwarded to Gratiot State Military Prison, St Louis, Missouri, July 26, 1863.
Forwarded to Camp Morton, Indiana, August 7, 1863. Released on Oath of Allegiance to US, January 3,1865. Residence Assumption Parish, Louisiana, complexion dark, hair brown, eyes hazel, height 5 feet 6 3/4 inches.
Rosema
1853 - February 17, 1940
Age 87
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Contributed on 11/6/24
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