The passage is taken from "Encyclopedia of Founding Families of the Ouachita Valley of Louisiana, 1785 to 1850", pp. 451-2, which cited the passage as being from "History of the Claiborne Invincibles, Company H, 17th Louisiana Infantry", by Captain A. L. Harper and Lieutenant J. H. Hay. Feel free to contact me at
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