Pvt. Octave Mayeux, Company E, 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, Johnson's Division, Nicholl's Brigade, Confederate States Army. Enlisted May 9, 1861 at New Orleans, LA in Company H, "Atchafalya Guards," later Company E. Captured at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, Culp's Hill. Died while in captivity, August 10, 1863 at Chester USA General Hospital, Chester, PA. Originally buried at Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, PA. Removed to mass grave at Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Philadelphia National Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA in 1891.
Pvt. Octave Mayeux, Company E, 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, Johnson's Division, Nicholl's Brigade, Confederate States Army. Enlisted May 9, 1861 at New Orleans, LA in Company H, "Atchafalya Guards," later Company E. Captured at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863, Culp's Hill. Died while in captivity, August 10, 1863 at Chester USA General Hospital, Chester, PA. Originally buried at Chester Rural Cemetery, Chester, PA. Removed to mass grave at Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Philadelphia National Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA in 1891.
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