Roll of Company B: East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana Submitted by: Gaytha Carver Thompson ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ************************************************ Source: "A Cavalryman's Reminiscences of the Civil War" by Howell Carter abt 1900 Louisiana State Courier, July 1984 Compiled by: Annette Carpenter Womack, editor A CAVALRYMAN'S REMINISCENCES ROLL OF COMPANY "B" EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH J. M. Taylor, Captain, promoted to Major, resigned in 1864; Ed Heriart, First Lieutenant, resigned; N. W. Pope, Second Lieutenant, promoted to Captaincy; J. B. Fort, Third Lieutenant, resigned; Eri Brooks, promoted to first Lieutenant; W. S. Booth promtoed to Second Lieutenant; Samuel Hall, promoted to Third Lieutenant and resigned; D. P. Cain first Sergeant; C. M. Towles, second Sergeant; Robt. Howie, third Sergeant; Geo. G. Nichol;, fourth Sergeant; Joseph Hunstock, first corporal; J. E. Powers, second corporal, W. P. Jackson, third corpal. Privates---M. Berlin, W. E. Brown, John Burris, S. Blanchard, F. M. Brooks, O. D. Brooks, F. Bradford, Theodore Benton, B. F. Chapman, M. W. Carpenter, B. Christmas, R. T. Devall, Victor Deville, Joseph Drehr, James Edwards, Wm. Gerholt, George Green, F. C. Godbold, C. A. Goodrich, J. Grayham, George Gent, Wm. Gayle, A. E. Grayham, F. M. Hereford, L. A. Hooper, A. Hunstock, J. Homobono, Wm. Hill, Benton T. Hillen, E. T. Hubbs, Charles Hall, Robert Jones, W. J. Kelly, J. Kelly, R. J. Kennard, Wm. Kirby, Leavy (ferrier), --Lee,--Lorenzo, James Marsh, James Mulkey, Ben Morrison, Joseph McKitrick, G. Noble, J. Noble, John Owens, M. A. O'Neil, John Piget, R. P. Powers, E. F. Powers, A. T. Poe, A. Pogue, Robt. Parish, James Richardson, Jose Sabio, R. E. Sullivan, L. H. Stephens, J. F. Stephens, R. C. Smith, Richard Smith. Hicks Taylor, R. K. Tainter, Alex Tunnard, R. D. Whitehead, -- Winburn, W. E. Wright. Capt. J. M. Taylor was promoted to Major, commanded the regiment for a long while, was badly wounded at Missionary Ridge, and afterward resigned or was transferred to otehr duty; died in Baton Rouge many years ago. The other officers of the company are all dead except Lieut. W. S. Booth, who is living in Baton Roughe. See special notice. O. D. Brooks, who for may years was a druggist in Bayou Sara is still living there. To him I am indebted for information concerning Companys "B", "G" and "H". F. C. Godbold is a druggist in New Orleans. Chas. Hall is running on some ocean steamer, perhaps as engineer. Hunstock is living either in East Baton Rouge or Livingston parish. Several of the other boys are living, but where could not be found out.