Enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army while still in his teens, and joined the Guy Dreux Cavalry Company, in which he served to the end of the war. He was a brave soldier and received a severe wound in one of the many engagements in which he participated.
At the close of the war he returned to New Orleans and transferred to the militia of the state, and became a colonel of the Orleans Artillery, which office he retained until the regiment was disbanded.
Employed as a traveling salesman and purchaser for the Forstall cotton firm until his death. He was a member of the Army of Tennessee, and will be buried with military honors in the tomb of that association.
Survived by his widow, Ulrika Marie Magner, and one daughter, Rhea Marie Philomene Bachemin.
Residence: 1418 Canal Street
Enlisted as a private in the Confederate Army while still in his teens, and joined the Guy Dreux Cavalry Company, in which he served to the end of the war. He was a brave soldier and received a severe wound in one of the many engagements in which he participated.
At the close of the war he returned to New Orleans and transferred to the militia of the state, and became a colonel of the Orleans Artillery, which office he retained until the regiment was disbanded.
Employed as a traveling salesman and purchaser for the Forstall cotton firm until his death. He was a member of the Army of Tennessee, and will be buried with military honors in the tomb of that association.
Survived by his widow, Ulrika Marie Magner, and one daughter, Rhea Marie Philomene Bachemin.
Residence: 1418 Canal Street
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