Military:  Record of William Jackson Foster, Claiborne Parish, LA
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Military Record of William Jackson Foster
Transcribed from copies of the originals housed in the National Archives

William Jackson Foster Pvt.,  Capt. Shelby Baucum's  CO E, 31 LA Inf.
Appears on company Muster Roll of the organization named above, for Jan. &
Feb. , 1863.
Enlisted:  5/10/1862
Where:  Monroe, LA
By Whom:  G. W. Odell
Period:  Three years
Last Paid:  By Whom W. Oliver
To What Time: 12/31/1862
Present of absent:  Present
Copyist: L. Murdock

William Jackson Foster, Pvt., Capt. Shelby Baucum's Co E, 31 LA Inf
Appears on Company Muster Roll of the organization named above, for May 1,
1862 to May 1, 1865.
Enlisted: When May 10, 1862
Where:  Monroe, LA
By Whom: G. W. Odell
Period:  Three Years
Copyist:  L. Murdock

William J. Foster, Co E, 31 LA Inf., Pvt
Card Number
46997430
       7554
44264098
45064998
48519996

W. J. Foster Pvt Co E 31 Reg. LA
Appears on Register of Payments on Descriptive Lists
When paid:  May 14, 1862
By Whom: J. M. West
Amount:  $50.00
Remarks: Bounty
Copyist: A. Yount

Foster, W. J.
Pvt. Co E 31 LA
Enclosures:  1
Pris. of War Record: 1

W. J. Foster Pvt Co E 31 Regt LA
Appears on a list of officers & men of the 31st Regiment LA Infantry, who
have reported in camp  for exchange at Vienna, LA before April 1, 1864.
List dated Hdqr. Allen's Brigade, Shreveport, LA, Mar 29, 1864

W. J. Foster PVT Co E 31 Regt. LA
Roll of Prisoners of War paroled at Vicksburg, Miss, according to the terms
of capitulation entered into by the commanding Generals of the United States
and Confederate forces July 4, 1863.
Roll dated: No date
Paroled:   No date
Where captured:  Vicksburg, Miss
When captured: July 4, 1863

W. J. Foster Pvt Co # 31 Regt La
Appears on a roll of Prisoners of War surrendered at New Orleans, La By
General E. K. Smith, C. S. A., to Maj. Gen. E. R. S. Canby, U. S.A. 5/26,
1865, and paroled June, 1865.
Copyist:  E. B. Thompson

State of Louisiana                                                     Town
of Monroe

I, William J. Foster born in Monroe County, in the state of Georgia, aged
thirty-two years and by occupation a farmer do hereby acknowledge to have
voluntarily enlisted this tenth day of May, 1862 as a soldier in the Army of
the Confederate States of America, for the period of three years of the war.
And I, William J. Foster do solemnly swear, that I will bear true faith and
allegiance to the Confederate States of America.
      this tenth day of May, 1862.
     G. Woodell, Recruiting Officer                                W. J.
Foster

I certify on honor that I have carefully examined the above named soldier
and that in my opinion the is free from all bodily defects and mental ,
which would in anyway disqualify him from performing the duties of a
soldier.

E. H. Roan  Examing Surgeon

I certify, on honor, that I have minutely inspected the soldier William J.
Foster  to his enlistment, and that he was entirely sober when enlisted;
that to the best of my judgment and belief, is of lawful age; and that in
accepting him as duly qualified to perform the duties of all able-bodied
soldier, I have strictly observed the regulations which govern the
recruiting service.  The soldier has gray eyes black hair, fair complexion,
is five feet 8 1/2" high.

G. Woodell  Recruiting Officer

Received of John M. West, A. Q. M. and P. M. of the Confederate States Arm,
this tenth day of May, 1862 fifty dollars by way of bounty, for enlisting in
the Army of the Confederate States for three years of The War.

Witness;  G. Woodell                                                 W. J.
Foster