St. James
From Sifakis, Compendium of C.S. Armies: Louisiana,
10-11:
Organization: Organized on October 31, 1862. It was armed with
two 12-lb. Howitzers and two 3" Rifles in March 1864. Designated as the 5th
Field Artillery Battery on November 19, 1864. It was armed with six
3" Rifles in May 1865. Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding
Trans-Mississippi Department, on May 26, 1865.
First Commander: Thomas A. Faries, CPT [promoted MAJ April 17, 1864]
Captain: B. Felix Winchester [April 17, 1864]
Assignments: District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department
(Oct 62-Apr 63); MOUTON’s Brigade, District of West Louisiana,
Trans-Mississippi Department (Apr-Jul 63); MOUTON’s Brigade, Green’s
Cavalry Division, Sub-district of Southwestern Louisiana, District of West
Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department (Sep 63); Major’s Brigade, Green’s
Cavalry Division, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department
(Sep-Oct 63); MOUTON’s Brigade, District of West Louisiana,
Trans-Mississippi Department (Oct-Nov 63); MOUTON’s Brigade,
MOUTON’s
Division, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department (Nov 63);
Artillery, Polignac’s Division, District of West Louisiana,
Trans-Mississippi Department (Nov 63-May 64); Faries’ Artillery Battalion,
Polignac’s Division, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi
Department (May-Sep 64); 3rd (Faries’) Mounted Artillery
Battalion, 2nd (Polignac’s) Division, 1st Corps,
Trans-Mississippi Department (Sep-Nov 64); 4th (Squires’) Mounted
Artillery Battalion, 1st (Forney’s) Texas Division, 1st
Corps, Trans-Mississippi Department (Dec 64-Jan 65); 3rd (Squires’)
Mounted Artillery Battalion, 2nd (Polignac’s-Thomas’) Division,
1st Corps, Trans-Mississippi Department (Mar-May 65)
Battles: Petite Anse Island (November 21-22, 1862); Bayou Teche
[section] (January 14, 1863); Fort Bisland (April 12-13, 1863);
Vermilion Bayou [section] (April 17, 1863); vs. gunboats and
transports on the Mississippi River (July 7-10, 1863); Cox’s
Plantation, near Donaldsonville (July 12-13, 1863); Stirling’s
Plantation [in reserve] (September 29, 1863); Bayou Teche, near
Patterson (November 3, 1863); Hog Point vs. gunboats and
transports (November 18-21, 1863); Trinity [section] (March 1, 1864);
Harrisonburg [section] (March 1-4, 1864); Red River Campaign (March-June,
1864); Mansfield [in reserve] (April 8, 1864); Pleasant Hill [in
reserve] (April 9, 1864); DAVID’s Plantation, Red River (May 12,
1864); Marksville (May 15, 1864); Mansura (May 16, 1864);
Moreauville (May 17, 1864); Yellow Bayou (May 18, 1864);
Simsport (June 8, 1864)
From Bergeron, LA Confed. Units, 23-24:
"This battery was organized October 31, 1862, primarily of men
from St. James Parish. The battery first engaged the enemy on November
3, 1862, when it fired on four Union gunboats on Bayou Teche below Patterson[ville].
Two sections (four guns) of the battery occupied Petite Anse Island
during late November. On January 14, 1863, one section
participated in an engagement on Bayou Teche in defense of the
Confederate gunboat Cotton, and three men received wounds. During the
Battle of Bisland, April 12-13, the battery performed
excellently and received praise from Generals Richard Taylor and Alfred MOUTON. One section fought in a skirmish at Vermilion Bridge on April
17. The battery accompanied Taylor’s army when it moved back into south
Louisiana and the Bayou Lafourche area in June and July, 1863.
From July 7 to 10, two guns occupied a position at GAUDET’s
Plantation on the Mississippi River twelve miles below Donaldsonville
and fired on all Federal vessels that passed their location. The entire
battery fought in the Battle of Koch’s Plantation near Donaldsonville,
July 13. The battery went with Taylor’s army during its marches in south
Louisiana during the fall, usually being attached to MOUTON’s
infantry brigade. From November 18 to 21, the battery engaged in
operations against Federal vessels on the Mississippi River at Hog
Point, one mile below Red River Landing. Captain Faries led his men
from Alexandria to the Ouachita River near Trinity in late
February, 1864, and participated with General Camille J. Polignac’s
Texas brigade in engagements with Federal gunboats near Trinity and Harrisonburg,
March 1-4. During the battles of Mansfield and
Pleasant Hill,
April 8-9, the battery was in reserve and not engaged. On May 12,
four guns fired on a Federal tinclad gunboat on the Red River near Mrs.
DAVID’s Plantation, driving the vessel away. The battery participated
in the engagements at Marksville, May 15; Mansura, May
16; Moreauville, May 17; and Yellow Bayou, May 18.
The battery followed Polignac’s (later General John H. Forney’s) division
in all its marches during late 1864 and early 1865. On November 19,
1864, the battery was officially designated the 5th Louisiana
Field Battery. The men surrendered near Tyler, Texas, in early June,
1865. Of the approximately 183 men who served in the battery during the
war, 2 were killed in battle, 5 died of disease, and 1 drowned."
CSRC, M320, roll 49
ROSTER
ALBERT,
John. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
ARNAUD,
L. Jr2LT. // CSRC, Index: L. Arnauld. // Same
L.A. as in Company D, Orleans Guard Regiment Volunteer State Troops
Militia Infantry?
AYRAUD,
Charles. Cpl. // CSRC, Index: Charles Ayroud.
BERNARD,
J. Pvt. Res. New Orleans. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Shreveport, 7 Jun 65. [NER.] (B1:176a)
BERNARD,
J. Pvt. Res. St. Landry Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Shreveport, 7 Jun 65. [NER.] (B1:176a)
BIENVENU,
Charles. Pvt. // CSRC, Index: Charles
Bienvenue.
BIENVENU,
E. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
BIENVENU,
N. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
BLOUIN,
Richard. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
BOURGEOIS,
Adolphe [A.]. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. En. 15 Aug 61, St.
Joe, in Watson’s[sic] Batt. Pres. Sep-Oct 62. [NER.] POW cap. &
prl. Port Hudson, [?] Jul 63. Adm. to C.S. Gen. Hosp., Shreveport, 4 Dec 64.
Ret. to duty 14 Dec 64. [NER.] Adm. C.S. Gen. Hosp., Shreveport, 21 Feb 65.
Ret. to duty 16 Mar 65. POW prl. Washington, LA, 19 Jun 65. (B1:61-2b) On
rolls of 5th Batt. as A. BOURGEOIS.
BOURGEOIS,
F. Pvt. Res. St. Charles Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW cap.
Newton, 17 Apr 63. Left at New Orleans. POW of det. of different cmds. prl.
Alexandria, 5 Jun 65. [NER.] (B1:62b)
BREAUX,
P. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 10 Jun 65. [NER.] (B1:102b)
CAMBRE,
C. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
CANTRELLE,
Joseph Michel. Pvt. Resident of St. James Parish. No enlistment information nor on any rolls of this unit in
Booth. End-of-war POW paroled Alexandria, 5 Jun 65. Laborer. Died of pneumonia, 18 Feb 1880, age 45. //
Booth, La. Confed. Soldiers, 2: 246: I. CANTRELLE, J. CANTRELLE. BRDR,
5(rev.): 134: Joseph Michel CANTRELLE. CSRC, Index: J. Cantrele, J.
CANTRELLE, Joseph CANTRELLE.
Horace Beach, descendant, who provided his postwar occupation, & cause &
date of death. // Served also in St. James Regiment
Militia.
CHRETIEN,
H. Pvt. // CSRC, Index: H. Cretian.
CLOUATRE,
T. Pvt.
Res. St. James Par. [En.
n.d.,n.p.] POW prl. Alexandria, 5 Jun 65.
[NER.] (B1:360)
COMES,
C. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
COMES,
J. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
COMSTOCK,
Albert. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
COMSTOCK,
John L. Cpl. // CSRC, Index. // Same J.L.C. as
in Company H, Confederate Guards Regiment Volunteer State Troops Militia
Infantry?
DARBY,
Oscar. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
DELATTE,
Moise. Pvt. Born 8 Sep 1833, Convent. Baptized 3 May
1834, St. Michael Catholic Church, Convent. Son of Jean
Louis DELATTE & Marguerite SCHEXNAYDER. No enlistment
information nor on any rolls of this unit in Booth. Appears only on U.S.
POW register dated 25 Apr 63, captured on Gunboat Diana, 14 Apr 63, sent
to New Orleans to be exchanged, no date of exchange given. Died 1900, age
67. // Booth, La. Confed. Soldiers, 2: 612: M. Deslatres.
BRDR, 5(rev.): 196: Moise Deslattes. CSR, Index: M. Deslatres. Horace
Beach, descendant, who provided his year of death & confirmed that Moise
spelled his family name Deslattes.
DUGAS,
A. Pvt. Res. Assumption Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 3 Jun 65. [NER.] (B1:702)
DUGAS,
Louis. Pvt. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW cap. Bayou Teche, 14 Apr 63.
Sent to New Orleans for exch., [n.d.]. [NER/NFR.] (B1:703)
GARIDEL,
J. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
GAUDET,
A. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 7 Jun 65. [NER.] (B1:985)
GAUDET,
C. U. Cpl. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 7 Jun 65. [NER.] (B1:986)
GAUDET,
Michel Oscar. Jr2LT. Called Oscar. Not in Booth for this unit.
// CSRC, Index: O.
GAUDET. Kinard, Lafayette of the
South, 124-26: Oscar GAUDET. // Served also in Field
& Staff, Orleans Guard Regiment Volunteer State Troops Militia Infantry
as Asst. Surg.; & 6th
Battery.
GAUDIN,
A. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 10 Jun 65. [NER.] (B1:986)
GRAVOIS
[Greavois], C.
Pvt. Res. St. James Par.
[En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl. Alexandria, 5 Jun 65.
[NER.]
(B2:83)
GRAVOIS
[Greavois], D. Pvt. Res.
St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl. Alexandria, 5 Jun 65.
[NER.]
(B2:83)
HEBERT,
C. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 10 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:246)
HYMEL,
F. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
LANDRY,
B. Pvt. [En. n.d.,n.p.] Adm. C.S. Gen. Hosp., [n.p.], 2
Feb 65. Rel. 3 Feb 65. [NER/NFR.] (B2:639)
LANDRY [Laundry],
Donnet. Pvt. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW cap. St. James
Par., 11 Jul 63. Remarks: Probably on left bank for purpose of cutting
telegraph wires. Testimony to that effect can be furnished by negroes. [NER/NFR.]
(B2:672)
LANDRY,
Gideon [G.]. Pvt. Res. Donaldsonville. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW
prl. Alexandria, 5 Jun 65. On list n.d. of amnesty oaths administered at
Donaldsonville, 14 Aug 65. [NER.] (B2:641)
LANDRY,
H. B. Pvt. Res. Donaldsonville. [En. n.d.,n.p.] Adm. C.S.
Gen. Hosp., Shreveport, 4 Feb 65. Rel. fr hosp., 12 Feb 65. [NER.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 5 Jun 65. (B2:641)
LANDRY,
I. A. Pvt. Res. Donaldsonville. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 5 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:641)
LANDRY,
J. T. Pvt. Res. Donaldsonville. [En. n.d.,n.p.] On roll of
POWs of furl. & detl. men, prl. Shreveport, 7 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:642)
Same J.T.L. as in Company D, 27th Regiment Infantry?
LANDRY,
L. Pvt. Res. Ascension Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 4 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:643)
LANDRY,
T. Pvt. Res. New Orleans. [En. n.d.,n.p.] On roll of POWs of
furl. & detl. men, prl. Shreveport, 7 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:646) Same
T.L. as in Squires' Battalion Artillery?
LANOUX
[Lanaux], A. Pvt. Res. Donaldsonville. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW
prl. Alexandria, 5 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:633)
LANOUX
[Lanouse], L. L. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW
prl. New Iberia, Jul or Aug 65. [NER.] (B2:656)
LE BLANC [La
Blance], A. Pvt. Res. Donaldsonville. [En. n.d.,n.p.]
POW prl. Alexandria, 5 Jun 65. POWs surr. & prl., rpt. & regis.,
Napoleonville, 1 Nov 65. [NER.] (B2:607)
LE BLANC [La Blanc],
D. Pvt. Res. St. Landry Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.]
POW prl. Alexandria, 3 Jun 65. POWs surr. & prl., rpt. & regis.,
Napoleonville, 1 Nov 65. [NER.] (B2:607)
LE BLANC [La
Blance], D. Pvt. Res. Donaldsonville. [En. n.d.,n.p.]
POW prl. Alexandria, 5 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:607)
LEBLANC,
D. Pvt. Res. St. Landry Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Washington, 21 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:691)
xLE BLANC [La
Blance], E. Cpl. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.]
Adm. C.S. Gen. Hosp., Shreveport, 23 Mar 64. Rel. fr hosp., debility, 23 Mar
64. [NER.] On list of POWs who are des. fr C.S. Army & wish to take the
oath of alleg., Donaldsonville, 11 May 65. Fwd. by Prv. Mar., Donaldsonville,
11 May 65. POW prl. Alexandria, 8 Jun 65. (B2:607)
LE BLANC [La Blanc],
G. Pvt. Res. New Orleans. [En. n.d.,n.p.] On
roll of POWs of furl. & detl. men, prl. Shreveport, 7 Jun 65. [NER.]
(B2:607, 693)
LE
BLANC,
G. A. Pvt. Res. Donaldsonville. [En. n.d.,n.p.] Prl.
Shreveport, 7 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:693)
LE BLANC
[Lablance], J. G. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.]
POW prl. Alexandria, 8 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:607)
LE
BOEUF, Morse. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
LE
BOEUF, Paul. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
LOUVIERE,
A. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
LOUVIERE,
Douradon. Pvt. // CSRC, Index: Douradon
Louvierre.
MECHE,
Hypolite. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
MELANCON,
R. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW cap. on
gunboat Diana, 14 Apr 63. [Exch.?]. POW prl. Alexandria, 5 Jun 65. [NER.]
(B2:942)
*xMELANCON,
V. Pvt. En [n.d.,n.p.]. POW cap. Barris Landing, [?] Oct
63. Fwd. to New Orleans, 11 Nov 63. Rel. on oath, order of MAJ Porter, 1 Dec
63. [NFR.] (B2:942)
MIRE,
B. C. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 6 Jun 65. [NER.] (B2:995)
ORY,
James. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
ORY,
P. A. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
OUBRE,
Alphonse. Pvt. // CSRC, Index.
POIRIER,
J. Pvt. // CSRC, Index: J. Poyrier.
PONTIFF,
H. Pvt. // CSRC, Index: H. Pontif.
RICHARD,
J. A. Pvt. Res. Ascension Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 7 Jun 65. [NER.] (B3:304) Same as J.R. below?
RICHARD,
Joseph. Pvt. Res. Ascension Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 7 Jun 65. [NER.] (B3:305) Same as J.A.R. above?
RICHARD,
O. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW Alexandria,
5 Jun 65. [NER.] (B3:305)
RICHARD,
T. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW Alexandria,
5 Jun 65. [NER.] (B3:306)
ROBIN,
Oscar. CPT. // CSRC, Index. // Same
O.R. as in Reserve Corps?
SCHEXNAYDER,
L. Pvt. // CSRC, Index: L. Schexnaidre.
SEGHERS,
J. Pvt. // CSRC, Index: J. Seghus.
THIBODEAUX [Thibodaux],
E. Pvt. Res. St. James Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.]
Adm. C.S. Gen. Hosp., Shreveport, [n.d.]. Ret. to [duty?], 3 Feb 65. [NER.]
POW prl. Alexandria, 5 Jun 65. (B3:800)
VINCENT,
J. L. Pvt. Res. Assumption Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl.
Alexandria, 4 Jun 65. [NER.] (B3:937) Same J.L.V. as in Co. C, Orleans Gd. Bn. Inf., & Co. F, 30th Regt./Bn. Inf.?
73 5th Batt.
Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index
| ALLEN, Harry. Pvt. |
ANDERSON, A. H. Pvt. |
ANDERSON, John. Pvt. |
ARCHEY, E. P. Pvt. |
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