Military: Zachariah T. Barfield,  Private, Franklin Parish

Submitted: May 2006 By: L. Posey







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Zachariah T. Barfield, Private,  

Company E  8th Louisiana Infantry







Zachariah T. Barfield was the son of Mills and Mary Barfield 

and he was the brother of Francis, Benjamin and George.



He left his farm in Winnsboro and enlisted at New Orleans June 19, 1861. 

He was detailed as a teamsterin the Brigade Wagon Yard and then as a

driver in the Ambulance Corps train. Zachariah was wounded at Bristoe

Station on August 27, 1862. He was paroled at Appomattox Court House

on April 10, 1865. Zachariah returned home and married Mary E. Johnson

on Jan. 14, 1869 in Franklin Parish.