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Confederate (CSV)

Private

Bernard Hufft

(c. 1837 - ?)

Home State: Louisiana

Branch of Service: Artillery

Unit: Washington (LA) Artillery, 4th Company

Before Sharpsburg

A 24 year old clerk in New Orleans, he enlisted in the 4th Company, Washington Artillery on May 26, 1861 in New Orleans.

On the Campaign

He was with his battery at Sharpsburg.

The rest of the War

He was promoted to Corporal on 1 March 1863, and wounded in action at Gettysburg, PA on 3 July 1863. Reported as disabled, he was detached to the War Tax Office in Richmond, VA by 28 May 1864.

References & notes

Basic information from Booth1. Took part in the following engagements: 1861-Bull Run, July 18; Manassas, July 21; Lewinsville, Aug. _; Munson's Hill, Aug. _. 1862-Malvern Hill, July 1; Mt. Run, Aug. _; Manassas No. 2, Aug. 30; Boonsboro, Md., Sept. 15; Sharpsburg, Sept. 15, 16, 17; Fredericksburg, Dec. 11, 12, 13; Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.

Birth

c. 1837 in LA

Notes

1 Booth, Andrew B., Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands, 3 Volumes, New Orleans: State of Louisiana, 1920, Vol. 3, Book 1, pg. 378 [AotW citation 14135]

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