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"He entered the Confederate army in March, 1861, as second lieutenant of Company B, 1st Louisiana Infantry Regulars; was promoted to first lieutenant of Company A, Louisiana Infantry, C. S. A., in 1861, and was promoted to the rank of captain of Company D, 26th Louisiana Volunteers, 1863-65. He also filled the important office of acting assistant inspector-general on the staffs of Gens. F. A. Shoup and Allen Thomas during the siege of Vicksburg." Active in post-war Confederate groups: President, Association of the Army of Tennessee; director, Soldiers' Home of Louisiana; Confederate Commissioner, Vicksburg National Military Park; Vice President, Jefferson Davis Parkway Commission; Louisiana-Vicksburg Monument Commission. -- obituary with post-war photo, Confederate Veteran Vol. XXVII, No. 3, p.106. Louisiana State University has his wartime diary, the official record book of his regiment, a letter discussing a possible promotion and his 1865 parole certificate.
