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Home State: Louisiana
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 6th Louisiana Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
He was a clerk in St. Landry when he enlisted in Company C, 6th Louisiana Infantry on 4 June 1861. Promoted Sergeant on 9 July 1862.
On the Campaign
He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.
The rest of the War
Captured about 7 November 1863 at the Rapidan River (VA) while in the hospital. He was at the Armory Square Hospital in Washington, DC on 9 November, then transferred to the Lincoln US Army Hospital 23 January 1863. Released on taking the Oath and sent to NY on 22 March 1864.
References & notes
Basic information from Booth1.
Birth
Date not known in OH
1 Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 2, pg. 178 [AotW citation 12002]