Union Parish Confederate Soldier Dixon Released from Yankee Prison, 1869

Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by T. D. Hudson, 1/2005
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Captain George W. McCranie founded the 'Weekly Telegraph' in Monroe, Ouachita Parish 
beginning in September 1865. In mid-December, he decided to change the name to the 
"Ouachita Telegraph'. The paper continued publication until and the 1890s or later. 
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'Ouachita Telegraph'
6 November 1869
page 3
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A Confederate soldier named Dixon has just returned from the war to his home in Union
parish. It appears he was captured at Vicksburg, where subsequent to his capture, he 
committed some offense against a Federal officer, for which he was imprisoned, and 
has just now been released.

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Note:
It is not clear exactly who this soldier was. Numerous Union Parish men served in the 
Confederate Army at Vicksburg, including around 400 men in the 31st Regiment and 100 
in the 17th Regiment. Of those, we only have record of one man with the surname 
'Dixon', Private Marshall D. Dixon of Company I, 31st Regiment. He was captured and 
paroled at Vicksburg, but returned to his home and reported for duty in April 1864. 
Thus, he does not appear to be the man mentioned in this article.

Gene Barron has located another Dixon soldier from Union Parish, Private J. M. Dixon 
of Company E, 25th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. He enlisted in Union Parish on 7 
March 1862 in the unit that later became Company E, 25th Louisiana Infantry. His name 
was mentioned on the rolls of that unit through June 1862. The records of this 
regiment are extremely scarce, and it is certainly possible that he was serving at 
Vicksburg during the siege.


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