Materials Relating to Charles Firmin, Father of Antoine Firmin
 


Charles Firmin Entry on FindaGrave.com

Booth's Index to Louisiana Confederate Soldiers (below)

 

http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/military/wbts.htm  

The "F" page in Booth's Index (below)

 

http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/state/military/wbts/booths-index/f.txt

Entry for Charles Firmin (below)

Firman, Charles, Pvt. Co. E, Cres. Regt. La. Inf. En. Sept. 28, 1862, Camp Pratt. Present on Rolls to Feb., 1863. On Register of Prisoners of War, dated April 27, 1863, Captured Butte a la Rose, April 20, 1863. Sent to New Orleans, La., to be exchanged.”

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Note: The misspelling of “Firmin” is inconsequential; the military unit corresponds to the one on the gravestone. 

 

Gravestone in Mater Dolorosa Catholic Cemetery, Plauchéville, LA
 


Charles Firmin Materials on http://findagrave.com.  On the Findagrave site one will find
the "Application for Headstone" and a photograph of a non-military gravestone.
Here is the image of the application for the headstone.

 

 
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