St. Helena Civil War Veterans, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana
From The St. Helena Historical Association Quarterly (Part IV)
File prepared by D.N. Pardue and submitted by Inez Bridges Tate
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Reprinted by permission of Inez Bridges Tate and taken from the
publication "St. Helena Parish War Veterans" for the St. Helena
Historical Association, 1982.

CIVIL WAR
1861 - 1865

Participants (Union) - 2,213,000
Deaths in Service (Union) - 364,000
Participants (Confederate) - 1,000,000
Deaths in Service (Confederate) - 133,821
Authorative statistics for Confederate Forces not available.
Estimated 28,000 Confederate personnel died in Union prisons.
Last Union Veteran - Albert Woolson, died August 2, 1956, aged 
109 years
Last Conf. Veteran - Walter W. Williams, died December 19, 1959, 
aged 117 years.
Above from Veterans Administration.

     St. Helena, as did neighboring parishes, saw many of its 
finest men involved in this war that often pitted brother against 
brother.  Booth lists St. Helena Commands: "The St. Helena Rebels," 
and Greensburg is listed as having skirmishes on May 1, 1863, 
October 5 & 9, 1864; Williams Bridge (Grangeville) May 1, 1863; 
several at Amite River which probably some were in St. Helena.

     We are listing veterans from five sources.  Possibly there 
are duplications or omissions.

     "St. Helena Parish Cemeteries", published by St. Helena 
Historical Assoc.

     Louisiana State Archives, Baton Rouge, La., compiled by 
Inez B. Tate.

     "The St. Helena Rebels", from the "Greensburg Imperial" 
dated Oct. 12, 1861, compiled by Charles Allen.

     "The St. Helena Rifles", a booklet by A.P. Richards, Confederate 
Veteran, published after his death in 1968 by Randall Shoemaker and Mr. 
Richard's daughter, Mrs. S.E. Johnson.

     "Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Commands", 
compiled by Andrew B. Booth, Commissioner, Louisiana Records, published 
in 1920.

     From the last publication we noted phrases regarding different 
Veterans (not necessarily from St. Helena) - some sad, some quaint, 
some poignant, but all a commentary of the times.  We share some of 
these with you: "36 when enlisted - he is an old man - not fit for 
duty"; "unwilling to attend drill - never answered name"; "enlistment 
for two years or the war by reason of Conscript Act passed April 16, 
1862"; "took oath and went north with the Yankees"; "an A No. 1
surgeon and a great lady's man"; "drummed out of service"; "he fell 
nobly defending his country"; "drummed out for theft"; "carried the  
colors of the regiment in the field, age 17."

     Too, they could hire substitutes to take their place.  Apparently 
this was fairly common as this was noted with some frequency in the 
books.

     We have no separate list of those who lost their lives in service.  
Many lost their lives on the battlefield, in hospitals or in prison. 
Many lost an arm, some both arms, or a leg.  In reviewing the books, 
the places became so familiar; Manassas, Missionary Ridge, Bull Run, 
Gettysburg, Fort Hudson, Vicksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, 
Rappahanock, Antietam, Shiloh, Chickamauga, and Appamattox Courthouse.

This is a listing of Veterans taken from "St. Helena Parish Cemeteries"
which was compiled by the St. Helena Historical Society.

William J. Courtney
Co F, 16th La. Inf. CSA

D.D. Day, Sr.
Co D, 3rd La. Cav. CSA
Born Feb 14, 1829
Died Nov. --, 1908

M.B. Harvin
Co B, Edward's La.
CAV CSA
Dec 18, 1848
Feb 28, 1933

E.J. Connolly
2nd Lieut. Co A, 13th La. Inf.
CSA

W.B. Kemp
Co F, 16th La. Inf.
CSA

Thomas D. Lindsey
Mississippi
Capt. Co I, 8th Regt.
Cavalry Confederate
States Army
April 26, 1837
Jan. 12, 1917

Julius Eugene Wilson, Sr.
Louisiana
Capt. Co 3D, Regt. La.
Cavalry Confederate
States Army
Nov. 22, 1826
Aug. 3, 1910

Albert C. Deane
Born July 8, 1843
Died Jan. 24, 1896
St. Helena Rifles Co I
4th La. Regt.

Geroge W. Root
Co E, 16th Miss. Inf. CSA

Charles A Dyson
Miss. Pvt. Co K 16th Regt.
Miss. Inf. CSA
June 4, 1840
Nov. 28, 1893

Cpl. J.J. Roddy
Co C, La. Cav.
CSA

S.P. Hutison
Born Feb. 2, 1846
Wounded in Battle of Baton Rouge, Aug. 5, 1862
Died Aug. 8, 1862
Age 16 years

William Breed Kemp
Born Jan. 11, 1834
Died May 6, 1899

Thomas Nesom
Co G, 18th La. Cav. 
CSA

Alexander Hathorn 
Co B, 14th Miss. Inf.
CSA

J.M. Tate
Co E, Miles Legion
La. Vols. CSA
June 23, 1838
Feb. 19, 1936

John S. Mullins
Co F, 16th La. Inf.
CSA

Willis M. Mullins
Co (?) 9th La. Inf.
CSA

E. McD. Anderson 
61 Hdg. Co.
US Field Artillery 
CSA

J.H. Reeves
Co C, 3rd La. Cav.
CSA

Thomas B. Morgan
Co. K, 7th La. Inf.
CSA
1868 (58?) - 1921

John D. Killian
2nd Lieut.
Co I, 4th Regt. CSA
Aug. 12, 1840
Nov. 5, 1898

Robert C. Daniel
Co G, 20th La. Inf.
CSA

Tom Ephriam Dickson
Co K, L Regt. La. Inf.

Lafayette Tidwell
Co A, I Miss. Lt. Arty. CSA

Marcus A. Newman
Powers Miss. Reg. CSA

D.G. Lambert
Pvt. Co D, 3rd La. Cav.
CSA
April 26, 1831
---- --, 1864

D.D. Haley
Co D, La. Partisans Rangers
CSA
Feb. 6, 1844
Nov. 5, 1862

James Young
Co G, 3rd La. Cav.
CSA

John R. Young
LA Arty. CSA

W.N. Young
Co G, 4th La. Inf.