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PVT Enoch Bordeaux

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PVT Enoch Bordeaux Veteran

Birth
Bladen County, North Carolina, USA
Death
10 Feb 1865 (aged 18–19)
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA
Burial
Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
CSA, 0, 2666
Memorial ID
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Enoch Bordeaux, born in the year 1820, 1821, or 1822 on Turnbull Creek in Bladen County, North Carolina to William Bordeaux and Margaret Johnson Bordeaux. Died 10 February, 1865 or 10 April, 1865 in Elmira Prison Camp in Elmira, New York.

Private Enoch Bordeaux, Company H, North Carolina 36th Regiment.

Enlisted in Brunswick County on 2 September, 1863 for the war. Present or accounted for through August, 1864. Captured at Fort Fisher 15 January, 1865 and confined at Elmira, New York, where he died 10 April, 1865 of variola (smallpox) and was buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira.

Correspondence with Chemung County Historical Society in Elmira, New York confirms that Enoch Bordeaux’s name was recorded as Enoch Murdeaux in the original records at Elmira and recorded as Enoch Mindex on the tombstone.

Enoch Bordeaux married Sarah “Sallie” Cain, daughter of Cornelius and Lucy Cain. Their children were: Daniel R. Bordeaux, Elizabeth Ann Bordeaux Norris, Martha Jane Bordeaux Smith, Emaline Bordeaux, Marshall William Bordeaux, and Mack Lloyd Bordeaux.
Enoch Bordeaux, born in the year 1820, 1821, or 1822 on Turnbull Creek in Bladen County, North Carolina to William Bordeaux and Margaret Johnson Bordeaux. Died 10 February, 1865 or 10 April, 1865 in Elmira Prison Camp in Elmira, New York.

Private Enoch Bordeaux, Company H, North Carolina 36th Regiment.

Enlisted in Brunswick County on 2 September, 1863 for the war. Present or accounted for through August, 1864. Captured at Fort Fisher 15 January, 1865 and confined at Elmira, New York, where he died 10 April, 1865 of variola (smallpox) and was buried in Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira.

Correspondence with Chemung County Historical Society in Elmira, New York confirms that Enoch Bordeaux’s name was recorded as Enoch Murdeaux in the original records at Elmira and recorded as Enoch Mindex on the tombstone.

Enoch Bordeaux married Sarah “Sallie” Cain, daughter of Cornelius and Lucy Cain. Their children were: Daniel R. Bordeaux, Elizabeth Ann Bordeaux Norris, Martha Jane Bordeaux Smith, Emaline Bordeaux, Marshall William Bordeaux, and Mack Lloyd Bordeaux.

Inscription

2666
Enoch Mindes
Co H
36 NC REG
CSA

Gravesite Details

36th NC Company H



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  • Created by: Hope
  • Added: Feb 28, 2011
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/66301166/enoch-bordeaux: accessed ), memorial page for PVT Enoch Bordeaux (1846–10 Feb 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 66301166, citing Woodlawn National Cemetery, Elmira, Chemung County, New York, USA; Maintained by Hope (contributor 46790939).