[Louisiana Cemeteries] Nick Wax Cemetery or Nick Wax Confederate Soldier East Baton Rouge Parish
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- Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:55:05 -0700 (PDT)
Dear listers;
The internet archive provided a full text article that included information for
a Confederate soldier named, Nick Wax. Nick Wax cemetery in East Baton Rogue
Parish has been reported as endangered
(c. 2000 see URL http://www.savinggraves-us.org/la/reports/nickwax.htm )
Strangely enough there is a Nick Wax who is listed as deceased from Gratiot S
Regiment Co. B in the following article from the internet archive. The
cemetery, in East Baton Rouge Parish, was reported with the spelling Nick Wax
whereas the USGS has no alternate spellings and spells the cemetery Nickwack.
Knowing nothing of this cemetery, or Civil War history, I'm posting the
information to the list in hopes that someone can shed some light on this
cemetery or the soldier, Nick Wax of Gratiot S Regiment Co. B. The Civil War
Soldiers and Sailors database lists the name, Nick Wax, 3rd Arkansas Infantry
(likely The Hempstead Rifles?), but in Co. C from Film Number M376 roll 24..
No.
Soldier Name
Side
Function
Regiment Name
1
Wax, Nick
Confederate
Infantry
3rd Regiment, Arkansas Infantry (State Troops)
Nick Wax was also listed as deceased in the following title from the Internet
Archive which also describes the actions of Louisiana troops.
CONFEDERATE
MILITARY HISTORY
A LIBRARY OF CONFEDERATE
STATES HISTORY, IN TWELVE
VOLUMES, WRITTEN BY DISTIN
GUISHED MEN OF THE SOUTH,
AND EDITED BY GEN. CLEMENT
A. EVANS OF GEORGIA.
VOL. X.
Atlanta, Ga.
Confederate Publishing Company
1899
Nick Wax died following an engagement with Union forces at Wilson's Creek or
Oak Hill per a description from
http://www.couchgenweb.com/civilwar/frontier.html
Sincerely,
Louisiana Genealogy Blogs
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