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PVT Charles Caesar

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PVT Charles Caesar

Birth
Death
26 May 1865 (aged 18–19)
Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Zachary, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
SECTION A SITE 125
Memorial ID
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Age 18 years enlisted April 16, 1864 mustered in April 27, 1864 as Private with Co. I. 4th US Colored Troops Cavalry transferred to Co. H. January 28, 1865 died at died at Port Hudson Hospital Louisiana on May 26, 1865 of dysentery.

The marker reads Caesar Charles, but the US Department of Veterans Affairs website lists him as Charles Caesar:
CAESAR, CHARLES
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 05/26/1865
BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 125
PORT HUDSON NATIONAL CEMETERY
Age 18 years enlisted April 16, 1864 mustered in April 27, 1864 as Private with Co. I. 4th US Colored Troops Cavalry transferred to Co. H. January 28, 1865 died at died at Port Hudson Hospital Louisiana on May 26, 1865 of dysentery.

The marker reads Caesar Charles, but the US Department of Veterans Affairs website lists him as Charles Caesar:
CAESAR, CHARLES
PVT US ARMY
CIVIL WAR
DATE OF DEATH: 05/26/1865
BURIED AT: SECTION A SITE 125
PORT HUDSON NATIONAL CEMETERY

Inscription

Caesar Charles
U. S. C. T.


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