Pierre (Peter) Edgar Dreux was the fifth child of Charles Didier Dreux, Sr. and Marie Josephine Nathalie de Livaudais, both lifelong residents of New Orleans. He was brother to Charles Didier Dreux, Jr. the first Louisiana field officer killed in battle during the war. At the outset of war Edgar Dreux initially enlisted in Watson's Louisiana Battery on Aug. 15, 1861 at St. Joseph, Louisiana. In October 1861 he transferred to the Pointe Coupee Artillery. He spent the remainder of 1861 recruiting for the Pointe Coupee Artillery in New Orleans. He served in Co. B as a Lieutenant in 1862 and was captured at Island No. 10 when the Confederates surrendered that Mississippi River stronghold. Having studied at the Kentucky Military Institute he was on detached duty during most of 1863 with the Confederate Engineering Department where he served as a draftsman drawing out plans for fortifications. In early 1864 he was under arrest in Tuscumbia, Alabama awaiting Court Marshall for taking offense with something said by a superior officer and striking him. Co. G. of the 29th Tennessee was assigned as Provost Guard in Tuscumbia, Alabama at that time and took a liking to him. So when the regiment was sent back to the Army of Tennessee they took him with then as a "new recruit". He served with distinction with them in Co. G as a Sgt. where he was "in the front rank in every charge". He fought with them at Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro. At the Battle of Franklin he "rushed into the jaws of death" where he picked up the regimental flag after five color bearers had been shot down and was shot and killed as he reached the second line of works. He left behind a wife and a daughter.
Pierre (Peter) Edgar Dreux was the fifth child of Charles Didier Dreux, Sr. and Marie Josephine Nathalie de Livaudais, both lifelong residents of New Orleans. He was brother to Charles Didier Dreux, Jr. the first Louisiana field officer killed in battle during the war. At the outset of war Edgar Dreux initially enlisted in Watson's Louisiana Battery on Aug. 15, 1861 at St. Joseph, Louisiana. In October 1861 he transferred to the Pointe Coupee Artillery. He spent the remainder of 1861 recruiting for the Pointe Coupee Artillery in New Orleans. He served in Co. B as a Lieutenant in 1862 and was captured at Island No. 10 when the Confederates surrendered that Mississippi River stronghold. Having studied at the Kentucky Military Institute he was on detached duty during most of 1863 with the Confederate Engineering Department where he served as a draftsman drawing out plans for fortifications. In early 1864 he was under arrest in Tuscumbia, Alabama awaiting Court Marshall for taking offense with something said by a superior officer and striking him. Co. G. of the 29th Tennessee was assigned as Provost Guard in Tuscumbia, Alabama at that time and took a liking to him. So when the regiment was sent back to the Army of Tennessee they took him with then as a "new recruit". He served with distinction with them in Co. G as a Sgt. where he was "in the front rank in every charge". He fought with them at Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek, Atlanta and Jonesboro. At the Battle of Franklin he "rushed into the jaws of death" where he picked up the regimental flag after five color bearers had been shot down and was shot and killed as he reached the second line of works. He left behind a wife and a daughter.
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