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Pvt Albert DeLong

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Pvt Albert DeLong Veteran

Birth
Varna, Marshall County, Illinois, USA
Death
May 1864 (aged 20–21)
Louisiana, USA
Burial
Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
51 3969
Memorial ID
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DELONG, ALBERT PVT.
CO. D. 77th. IL INF
Enlisted, August 11, 1862, Age 18, Single, Farmer
Mustered In, September 2, 1862, 3 Yrs
DIED MAY 1864 OF WOUNDS PVTD AT MAUSFIELD(sic Mansfield) LA

The Battle of Mansfield, a Confederate victory under General Richard Taylor (son of Zachary Taylor), was fought here on April 8, 1864. This battle turned 42,000 Union troops away from their conquest of the Louisiana Confederate capital, Shreveport, and sent them in retreat to New Orleans. The battle is commemorated at the Mansfield State Historic Site some four miles south of Mansfield off Louisiana Highway 175.
DELONG, ALBERT PVT.
CO. D. 77th. IL INF
Enlisted, August 11, 1862, Age 18, Single, Farmer
Mustered In, September 2, 1862, 3 Yrs
DIED MAY 1864 OF WOUNDS PVTD AT MAUSFIELD(sic Mansfield) LA

The Battle of Mansfield, a Confederate victory under General Richard Taylor (son of Zachary Taylor), was fought here on April 8, 1864. This battle turned 42,000 Union troops away from their conquest of the Louisiana Confederate capital, Shreveport, and sent them in retreat to New Orleans. The battle is commemorated at the Mansfield State Historic Site some four miles south of Mansfield off Louisiana Highway 175.


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  • Maintained by: Roy Delong
  • Originally Created by: Bev
  • Added: Apr 26, 2006
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14079151/albert-delong: accessed ), memorial page for Pvt Albert DeLong (1843–May 1864), Find a Grave Memorial ID 14079151, citing Chalmette National Cemetery, Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA; Maintained by Roy Delong (contributor 47471761).