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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Louis Emile Avril

(1840 - 1901)

Home State: Louisiana

Branch of Service: Artillery

Unit: Washington (LA) Artillery, 3rd Company

Before Sharpsburg

He enlisted as Private in the 3rd Company, Washington Artillery at New Orleans, LA on 26 May 1861.

On the Campaign

He was wounded in action on 17 September 1862.

The rest of the War

He was discharged 31 December 1862 on a Surgeon's Certificate of Disability. He had been present in the following engagements: Bull Run, Va., July 18th, 1861; Manassas, Va., July 21st; Rappahannock Sta., Aug. 23rd, 1862; Manassas, Va., Aug. 29th, 1862.

References & notes

Basic information from Booth1, which lists him as Emile Avril. Details from family genealogists. Death and burial information from his gravesite on Findagrave.

Birth

1840; New Orleans, LA

Death

05/12/1901; burial in Metairie Cemetery, New Orleans, LA

Notes

1 Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 1, pg. 94 [AotW citation 13113]

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