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- Pvt Co C 8th LA Infantry C.S.A.
Proud Confederate Soldier
Castille, Valsain (also Castille, Valery), Pvt. Co. C. 8th La. Infty. En. March 15th, 1862, St. Martin. Present on Rolls to Feb., 1863. Roll for Feb. 28th to May 14th, 1863, Absent. Taken prisoner on May 3rd. Appears on Roll of Prisoners of War, Captured at Fredericksburg, May 3rd, 1863, and forwd. from Old Capitol Prison, Washington, D.C., to Fort Delaware, Del., May 7th, 1863. Paroled at Ft. Delaware, Del. Indorsement shows, Recd. at City Point, Va., May 23rd, 1863, and exchanged. Rolls from May 14th to Aug. 31st, 1863, Present. Rolls from Aug. 31st, 1863, to Dec. 31st, 1863, Absent. Missing since engagement of Nov. 7th, 1863. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War show him captured at Rappahannock, Nov. 7th, 1863. Sent from Washington, D. C., to Pt. Lookout, Md., Nov. 11th, 1863. Paroled until exchanged at Pt. Lookout, Md., March 9th, 1864. Recd. at City Point, Va., March 15th, 1864, and exchanged. Roll for April 30th to Aug. 31st, 1864, Absent. Wounded and prisoner since Battle of Monocacy, Md., __, 1864. Appears on Register, Admitted to U. S. A. Gen. Hospl., Frederick, Md., July 10th, 1864. Sent to Hospl. from field. Transfd. to Gen. Hospl., Baltimore, Md., July 25th, 1864. Appears on Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War, Captured at Cedar Creek, Oct. 19th, 1864. Recd. at Baltimore Hospl., Nov. 23rd, 1864, and transfd. to Hammond U. S. A. Gen. Hospl., Jan. 28th, 1865. Arrived at Pt. Lookout, Md., from Hospl., Feb. 6th, 1865. Paroled at Pt. Lookout, Md., and transfd. for exchange. Recd. at Coxe's
Landing, James River, Va., Feb. 14th and 15th, 1865, and exchanged. Appears on Roll of Prisoners of War, Paroled at Appomattox Court House, Va., April 9th, 1865. Complexion dark, hair black, age 22, eyes black, height 5 ft. 6 in., Res. St. Martin Par., La. Record copied from Memorial Hall, New Orleans, La., by the War Dept., Washington, D.C., June, 1903, born Louisiana,occupation farmer, Res. St. Martin, age 21, single.
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