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Additional REEVES Surnames in SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH Cemetery
REEVES, J ChesterREEVES, Annie TREEVES, Calvin AREEVES, Calvin WestREEVES, William BoydREEVES, Fred CREEVES, William JREEVES, HelenREEVES, James MillardREEVES, Rupert WREEVES, Lois MREEVES, M AREEVES, Mary ElizaREEVES, James MonroeREEVES, Clifton AmakerREEVES, Victor WileyREEVES, W M "Roy"REEVES, Willie ChesterREEVES, Rupert JamesREEVES, Leslie L "Skeet" Additional REEVES Surnames in ST. HELENA County
REEVES, Jonathan Philip "Jon"REEVES, Cornelius NREEVES, FrancesREEVES, Charles CorneliusREEVES, Irma LoraineREEVES, Charles Cornelius (Closeup)REEVES, Irma Loraine (Closeup)REEVES, Lester MartinREEVES, LelaREEVES, Lela (Closeup)REEVES, Lester Martin (Closeup)REEVES, Ivy EarlREEVES, JanieREEVES, Carol
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Submitted: 6/11/14 • Approved: 6/11/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R59174-G0-S3
PRIVATE CSA
Company C 3 Louisiana (Wingfield's) cavalry
Civil War Confederate
Death date unknown
From Louisiana Archives ~ Reeves, J H, Private Company C, 3rd (Wingfield's) Louisiana Cavalry. Enlisted June 1, 1862, Franklinton, Louisiana. Roll not dated (last Roll on file), Present.
3rd (Wingfield's) Cavalry Regiment was organized during the late summer of 1864. It was formed by adding four companies to the six companies of the 9th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion. This unit confronted the Federals in Louisiana and Mississippi, then in May, 1865, was included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, & East Louisiana. Colonel James H Wingfield commanded this regiment.
Predecessor unit:
9th Cavalry Battalion [also called 1st or 9th Battalion Partisan Rangers] was organized during the early summer of 1862 with six companies & in July totalled 852 officers & men. Many of its members were recruited in the Baton Rouge area. The unit served in the Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana, was active around Baton Rouge, & was captured at Port Hudson in July, 1863. After being exchanged, it was assigned to J Griffith's & W Adams' Brigade & participated in various operations in Mississippi. Later the battalion merged into Wingfield's 3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel James H Wingfield & Major James DeBaun were in command.
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Contributed on 6/11/14
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