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Elam Sparks Dortch

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Elam Sparks Dortch

Birth
Claiborne County, Mississippi, USA
Death
29 Apr 1943 (aged 101)
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA
Burial
Haughton, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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Bossier Parish's Last Surviving Confederate Veteran

Co D 9th LA Infantry C.S.A.
"Bossier Volunteers"
Proud Confederate Soldier

member of Benvolant Association of Confederate Veterans
and Louden Butler Camp, United Confederate Verterans

member of Bossier Parish Police Jury and Bossier Parish School Board

Dortch, Elam S., Pvt. Co. D. 9th La. Infty. En. July 7th. 1861, Camp Moore, La. Age 19 years. Present on Rolls to June, 1862. Rolls for June 30th to Dec., 1862, Absent on furlough, wounded. Jan. to Dec., 1863, Present on all Rolls. Rolls Jan. to Oct., 1864 (last on file), Absent,
Detailed as clerk for Medical Purveyor. Federal Rolls state, Captured at Greenwood Depot or Waynesboro, March 2nd, 1865. Recd. at Fort Delaware, Del., from Winchester, Va., March 12th, 1865. Released on Oath of Allegiance June 9th, 1865. Complexion dark, hair dark, eyes hazel, height 5 ft. 8 in., Res. Bossier Par., La., born in Louisiana, farmer, single.

Bossier Parish's Last Surviving Confederate Veteran

Co D 9th LA Infantry C.S.A.
"Bossier Volunteers"
Proud Confederate Soldier

member of Benvolant Association of Confederate Veterans
and Louden Butler Camp, United Confederate Verterans

member of Bossier Parish Police Jury and Bossier Parish School Board

Dortch, Elam S., Pvt. Co. D. 9th La. Infty. En. July 7th. 1861, Camp Moore, La. Age 19 years. Present on Rolls to June, 1862. Rolls for June 30th to Dec., 1862, Absent on furlough, wounded. Jan. to Dec., 1863, Present on all Rolls. Rolls Jan. to Oct., 1864 (last on file), Absent,
Detailed as clerk for Medical Purveyor. Federal Rolls state, Captured at Greenwood Depot or Waynesboro, March 2nd, 1865. Recd. at Fort Delaware, Del., from Winchester, Va., March 12th, 1865. Released on Oath of Allegiance June 9th, 1865. Complexion dark, hair dark, eyes hazel, height 5 ft. 8 in., Res. Bossier Par., La., born in Louisiana, farmer, single.



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