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D. Zable
(1832 - 1908)
Home State: Louisiana
Command Billet: Commanding Regiment
Branch of Service: Infantry
Unit: 14th Louisiana Infantry
Before Sharpsburg
Before the war he was a clerk in New Orleans1, and had sailed to California (for gold?) at age 18 in 18502. He was Captain, Company K as it was organized in June 1861, and was appointed Major of the Regiment in February 1862. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in August 1862, and succeeded Colonel Jones in command of the Regiment when that officer resigned.3
On the Campaign
It is likely, though not certain, that he was in command of the 14th at Sharpsburg and was probably wounded in the thigh there.
The rest of the War
After the War
He was a businessman and active as a Veteran.1
References & notes
His picture from a photograph of unknown provenance hosted on the Louisiana Confederates Facebook page; thanks to John Banks for finding that.
Birth
9/13/1832; New Orleans, LA
Death
10/22/1908; burial in Metairie Cemetery, Metairie, LA
1 Bergeron, Jr., Arthur W., Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1996, 14th Louisiana Infantry [AotW citation 270]
2 [staff writer], Passenger Lists, The (New Orleans) Daily Picayune, 1850-01-31 [AotW citation 271]
3 Sifakis, Stewart, Compendium of the Confederate Armies, The, State vols., New York: Facts on File, 1995, Louisiana, pp. 96-98 [AotW citation 272]
4 US War Department, The War of the Rebellion: a Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (OR), 128 vols., Washington DC: US Government Printing Office, 1880-1901, various citations [AotW citation 273]