Tag: Confederate Veterans
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An Update to The Cold-Blooded Murder of Little Francis Winston Baker
Surprisingly, a couple of weeks ago, I found a little tidbit as to why Francis may have been shot. You may remember a Confederate soldier walked up to the little…
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The Ouachita Blues and the Pelican Greys
Here is another great WPA paper about a couple of well-known confederate units out of Ouachita! https://www.louisianadigitallibrary.org/islandora/object/oplib-wpa%3A174
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The History of Benton's Bell Battery
Have you ever wondered how the confederate unit known as Benton’s Bell Battery, got it’s name? My boss continues to digitize our WPA collection and this was a recent upload.…
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The Cold-Blooded Murder of Little Francis Winston Baker
In my time working in the Genealogy Department, I have heard of the tale of a little ten year old boy, son of Wesley John Quincy Baker, walking along the…
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An Example of an old Coroner’s Report
A couple of weeks ago, I posted a list of abstracts of old Coroner’s Reports from 1862 to 1929. I thought I would post one to show you what an…
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Solving a Mystery: The Confederate Dead of Monroe City Cemetery
Since I first became interested in Ouachita parish history, I have heard the local story that the Confederate monument in Monroe’s Old City cemetery sits on top of the…
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The story of Edwin Francis Jemison: Louisiana’s Most Famous Boy Soldier
His face is haunting. He stares out expressionless from a photograph that has been used in countless books about the Civil War. One could project any feeling you want to…
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Sometimes the Dead Want to be Found!
A few years ago, as I was guiding a group through the Old City Cemetery in Monroe, someone asked me about two low vault tombs we were passing. I…
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Fred Endom
Many people cross the Endom bridge in Monroe every day, but are unfamiliar with who it is named for. Endom bridge is named for two German immigrant brothers, named Fred…
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Eli W. Mealy: Monroe’s Premiere Photographer
The following article appeared in the 1893 World’s Fair Edition of the Monroe Evening News. The Evening News was one of the two predecessors of the modern News-Star, the other…
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 