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Submitted: 6/11/14 • Approved: 6/12/14 • Last Updated: 3/25/18 • R59453-G0-S3
PRIVATE CSA
Company B 1 Louisiana Cavalry
Civil War Confederate
December 27, 1822 - April 1, 1900
From Louisiana Archives ~ Brown, W E, Private Company B 1st Louisiana Cavalry. Enlisted September 5, 1861 Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Present on all Rolls to June 1863. Roll for November & December, 1863 Absent without leave since October 1863. Captured at Clinton. Louisiana, October 6, 1864. Sent to Baton Rouge, Louisiana October 10, 1864. Received at New Orleans, Louisiana, October 14, 1864. Transferred to Ship Island, Mississippi, October 20, 1864. Forwarded to New York November 5, 1864. Received at Fort Columbus, New York Harbor November 16, 1864, thence to Elmira, New York, November 20, 1864. Paroled at Elmira, New York, February 13, 1865. Sent to James River & exchanged February 20 - 21, 1865.
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Contributed on 6/11/14
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