Octave Mayeux

He enlisted 9 June 1861 in New Orleans in Company H (later E), 2nd Louisiana Infantry. In July and August 1861 he was absent, sick, in Williamsburg, VA.

He was listed as a deserter on 17 September 1862 at Sharpsburg. One note says he was "Left near Sharpsburg, Md."

He was back with his Company by November 1862. He was wounded and captured in action at Gettysburg, PA on 2 July 1863, and died of his wounds at the US Army General Hospital, Chester, PA on 3 or 10 August 1863.

Originally buried at Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, PA. Removed to mass grave at Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Philadelphia National Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA in 1891.

Basic information from Booth1. His gravesite is on Findagrave, source of quote above.

1839; Avoyelles Parish, LA

08/10/1863; Chester, PA; burial in Philadelphia National Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA