Much info. available on husband Lt. Gen. R.S.Taylor and little on his wife. In the ever going on's of war, too many times people forget the home front was a war as well. After Fashion Plantation was destroyed presumably Louise Marie Myrthe Bringier Taylor, 'Mimi" and the children returned to Hermitage (Bringier)Plantation.But in 1862 the war was near...One source I located stated that as the Union forces departed Vermilionville for the 4.1863 advance up bayou Teche Gen. Taylor's family was living in a rented home at Washington , La.,and because of Union advancements,Taylor made preparations for the family to be moved to Natchitoches.
One source I found stated in 5.1853 she took (4 children...the last one was born in 1864) the children to Natchitoches by steamboat from Alexandria and, as a result, somewhere between Alexandria-Natchitoches, aboard a riverboat, the 2 boys, Zachary, age 5, and Richard ,age 2, contracted yellow fever and died shortly upon arrival at Natchitoches .
Another source states Zachary died 4.27.63 -Caddo- Shreveport,La., and Richard died 5.20.1863- Caddo -Shreveport,La. .
My questions are... # 1- Was Gen Taylor with his wife at Shreveport on 4.27.63 ,or,5..20.63 ?
#2- Did the Taylor family rent a home in Washington, La.,at any time during the civil war, and if so, which one ?
#3-Louise "mimi" died in New Orleans 3.16.1875, age 41...did she die of yellow fever as well?
Taylor children:
Elizabeth Myrthe b.1854 m. Col.Walther R. Stauffer
Louise Margaret b 1.1852
Zachary b. 6.1860
Richard b. 6.1860
Myrthe Bianca b nov.29.1864 m. Isaac H Stauffer