1st Sergeant Henry Garner, Company B, 16th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry, Confederate States Army. Sgt. Garner enlisted March 10, 1862 in the Confederate Guards Response Battalion, a New Orleans militia unit which became the 16th Battalion, then later merged with Company A, Consolidated Crescent Regiment, Louisiana Infantry. Fought at Shiloh, Corinth, and later during the Red River Campaign.
Captured at Bayou Teche in April 1863 and paroled at Port Hudson. Captured a second time near Morganza, LA in July 1864, Sgt. Garner escaped from a Union military prison in New Orleans in August 1864.
Educated in Philadelphia public schools. Parents: Washington and Hannah Garner.
Henry's older brother, Abram, was a Major in the Union Army.
Captured at Bayou Teche in April 1863 and paroled at Port Hudson. Captured a second time near Morganza, LA in July 1864, Sgt. Garner escaped from a Union military prison in New Orleans in August 1864.
Educated in Philadelphia public schools. Parents: Washington and Hannah Garner.
Henry's older brother, Abram, was a Major in the Union Army.
1st Sergeant Henry Garner, Company B, 16th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry, Confederate States Army. Sgt. Garner enlisted March 10, 1862 in the Confederate Guards Response Battalion, a New Orleans militia unit which became the 16th Battalion, then later merged with Company A, Consolidated Crescent Regiment, Louisiana Infantry. Fought at Shiloh, Corinth, and later during the Red River Campaign.
Captured at Bayou Teche in April 1863 and paroled at Port Hudson. Captured a second time near Morganza, LA in July 1864, Sgt. Garner escaped from a Union military prison in New Orleans in August 1864.
Educated in Philadelphia public schools. Parents: Washington and Hannah Garner.
Henry's older brother, Abram, was a Major in the Union Army.
Captured at Bayou Teche in April 1863 and paroled at Port Hudson. Captured a second time near Morganza, LA in July 1864, Sgt. Garner escaped from a Union military prison in New Orleans in August 1864.
Educated in Philadelphia public schools. Parents: Washington and Hannah Garner.
Henry's older brother, Abram, was a Major in the Union Army.
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