Lafayette County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Mouton, Charles August December 17, 1899
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The Lafayette Advertiser. (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, December 23, 1899, Image 1

DIED..

CHARLES AUGUST MOUTON, at the residence of Mr. Sidney Martin on Sunday, Dec. 
17th, 1899 at 2 o'clock p. m.

Mr. Charles August Mouton was a native of this parish, being the son of John 
Sosthene Mouton, and led an exemplary life since childhood.

At the beginning of the civil war he volunteered in the Acadian Guards, which 
were organized in this parish by his brother-in-law, Captain Alfred Mouton, who 
was a , graduate of West Point, and which subsequently became Company E of the 
18th, regiment of Louisiana. He served four years and only returned home at the 
end of hostilities and always saw active service.

At the Battle of Mansfield, where ,Gen. Mouton was killed, standing, before the 
prostrate form of the dead general, he made a secret vow to devote his life to 
the family of the deceased, and the whole community can testify better than pen 
can relate, that Mr. Mouton fulfilled this vow in a most disinterested manner; 
and, when the general's wife died, her family being all grown up, he selected 
one of the daughters' home (Mrs. Sidney Martin) where he went to live and there 
he ended his days, surrounded by all the cares and attentions bestowed upon him 
by the-.whole family not only as recognition of his past devotion but also, of 
his high qualities both as a gentleman and Christian. His life and his death 
were both exemplary. A few days before his death he told Father Bollard that 
during his life as a soldier he had served under two banners, one, the 
Confederate's, the other Jesus-Christ’s, and that he was now willing to 
surrender to his Creator.

Funeral services were held at the Catholic Church on Monday, Dec. 18th, at 2 p. 
m.

A large concourse of people assembled together to pay their respects to the 
deceased one.

The pallbearers, all Confederate soldiers and comrades-in-arms were Messy. Wm. 
Butcher, August Albarado, L. F. Rigues, Simon Boudreaux, Roche Mouton and 
Ambroise Mouton.

We extend our sympathy to the family.



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