Appears on a list of Prisoners who were transferred to the U. S. General Hospitalfor Prisoners of War, Beaufort,
S. C., August 28, 1864, from U. S. S. Transport Crescent, and part of the Six Hundred sent from Fort Delaware for Morris Island. Still recorded there in December [CSMR]

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Lamar Fontaine

Residence was not listed; a 31 year-old Civil Engineer.
Enlisted on 4/15/1861 at Pensacola, FL as a Private.
On 4/15/1861 he mustered into "A" Co. MS 10th Infantry
He was transferred out on 6/6/1861
(Estimated day of enlistment)
On 6/6/1861 he transferred into "K" Co. MS 18th Infantry
He was transferred out on 9/1/1861
On 9/1/1861 he transferred into "I" Co. VA 2nd Cavalry
He was discharged for wounds on 12/31/1862 at Jackson, MS
On 10/1/1863 he was commissioned into Field & Staff AL 4th Cavalry
(date and method of discharge not given)
(Estimated date of commission)
He was listed as:
* Served (date and place not stated) (As courier Gen's Pemberton and Johnson)
* Wounded 7/21/1861 Manassas, VA
* Detailed 11/1/1861 (place not stated) (As scout for Gens Jackson and Johnson)
* Was present 12/20/1861 Dranesville, VA
* Wounded 6/2/1862 Strasburg, VA
* Hospitalized 6/11/1862 Charlottesville, VA (With chronic rheumatism)
* Was present 9/7/1862 Point Of Rocks, MD
* Furloughed 9/12/1862 (place not stated) (For 60 days)
* Was present 9/16/1862 Leesburg, VA
* Was present 9/30/1862 (place not stated) (For Commission as Lieut of Cavalry)
* Served 5/15/1863 Vicksburg, MS
Promotions:
* Major 10/1/1863 (Estimated date; 4th AL Cavalry)
He was described at enlistment as:
5' 11", fair complexion, grey eyes, black hair
Other Information:
born 10/10/1829 in Laberde Praire, Texas
died 10/1/1921 in Clarksdale, MS
Buried: LaGrange Cemetery, Clarksdale, MS
(Civil Engineer in Argentina in 1861. Died age 91.
Postwar served in US Navy, Crimean War Veteran, Texas
Ranger.)

Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- The Virginia Regimental Histories Series
- Mississippi Confederate Grave Registry