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Wetmore Cemetery
(TA286)

Ponchatoula

Pictures by Wayne Cosby

JOHN M. AKERS
BORN
MAY 10, 1846,
DIED
JUNE 13, 1915.

John Akers
Served in
CO. F
18 LA. CAV.
C. S. A.

Akers, Jno. M., Pvt. Co. F. 18th Battn. La. Cavalry. On Rolls of Prisoners of War Paroled at Gainesville, Ala., May 12th, 1865.

Above from Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers by Andrew B. Booth

SGT
GEORGE GARDNER LESSLIE
CO K
7 LA INF
CSA
1840
1902
LIVINGSTON
RIFLES

Lesslie, George (also borne on Rolls as Leslie, George D., Lesslie, George G.),Pvt. Sergt. Co. K, 7th La. Inf. En. June 7, 1861, Camp Moore, La. Present on Rolls to Feb., 1862. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured Antietam. Admitted Oct. 10, 1862, to No. 5, U. S. A. Gen. Hospl., Frederick, Md. Sent to Gen. Hospl., Oct. 16, 1862. Forwd. to Fort McHenry, Md., Oct. 18, 1862. Paroled and sent to Ft. Monroe, Va., for exchange. Recd. at Aikens Landing, Va., Oct. 18, 1862. Declared exchanged Nov. 10, 1862. Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1863, Absent, wounded. Roll for March and April, 1863, Discharged by Surgeon, at Ponchatoula. Born New Orleans, La., occupation clerk. Res. Covington. La., age when enlisted 21, single.

Above from Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers by Andrew B. Booth

In Memory of
My Husband

MATTHIS E.
VINYARD
JULY 18, 1844
OCT. 29, 1901

Matthis Vinyard
Served in
CO. K
7 LA. INF.
C. S. A.

Vinyard, Mathew E., Pvt. Co. K, 7th La. Inf. En. June 7, 1861, Camp Moore, La. Present on all Rolls to Feb., 1862. (Wheelwright). Roll Jan. and Feb., 1863, Absent, wounded at Manassas, on furlough. Rolls April, 1863, to Dec., 1863, Absent without leave. Roll Jan. and Feb., 1864, Absent, sick. Roll April 30 to Aug. 31, 1864, Absent with leave.

Above from Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers by Andrew B. Booth

FESTUS P. MIX
Born
Dec. 14, 1842
Died
at Amite City La.
June 26, 1905

Festus Mix
Served in
CO. F
18 LA. CAV.
C. S. A.

Mix, F.,Pvt. Co. F, 18th Battn. La. Cav. Appears on Roll of Prisoners of War. Paroled at Gainesville, Ala., May 12, 1865. Res. Livingston Par., La.

Above from Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers by Andrew B. Booth

 


 

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