Civil War, 8th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, Catahoula Parish men
Submitted by Charolette and Deborah Foshee
Date: Nov. 1999



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Source: microfilm ordered from the Family History Center 
in Conyers, GA. The film was Microcopy 320, Roll 25 & 26.
8th  Louisiana  Cavalry  Regiment  (Civil War)

 
  The following men were serving with the 8th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment
when General E. Kirby Smith, C. S. A. surrendered to Major General
E. R. S. Canby, U. S. A.  on May 26, 1865 at New Orleans, LA.  The 8th
Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was formed by consolidation of the 1st & 2nd
Battalions Louisiana State Guards Cavalry on Oct. 27, 1864.
You can read about the 8th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment & the 1st & 2nd
Battalions Louisiana State Guards Cavalry in the book, Guide to
Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865 by Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr.
published by the Louisiana State University Press.

name     company rank  place of residence


A.  H.  CARAWAY   Co. F  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

A.  COCHRANE   Co. F  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

ALLEN  COCKRANE   Co. F  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

J.  W.  GELVIN   Co. F  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

ABNER  GILMORE   Co. F  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

J.  R.  GLENN   Co. F  Cpl.  Catahoula Parish, LA

W.  C.  GREEN   Co. K  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

H.  W.  HAIR   Co. F  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

A.  W.  McCOY   Co. F  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

D.  A.  STRACKNER   Co. I  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

W.  H.  TURNLEY   Co. F  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

J.  M.  WHATLEY   Co. F  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA

U.  Y.  WHATLEY   Co. F  Pvt.  Catahoula Parish, LA


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