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From the Book Rebels from West Point by Patterson. A list of West Point graduates that fought for the CSA. The list is from the book, biography will be from online sources. It will be from the Oldest to the Youngest.
Class of 1812.
Lewis Gustavus DeRussy
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Color Guard With the Flags of the Confederacy
Major General Richard Taylor SCV Camp #1308
Shreveport, Louisiana
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Casket Bearers Representing The Three Wars In Which Colonel DeRussy Served
Also
Ft. DeRussy Facts - Friends of Fort DeRussy
Fort DeRussy (Louisiana)
Edit:
Lewis G. DeRussy was born in the North but served the CSA.
Class of 1812.
Lewis Gustavus DeRussy
Dedication of DeRussy MonumentColonel Lewis G. DeRussy was the oldest West Point graduate to serve in the Confederate Army. He was a veteran of the War of 1812 as well as a veteran of the Mexican War. DeRussy, A prominent engineer in civilian life, was the engineering officer in charge of the construction of the first fortifications at an earthen fort built to defend the Red River from naval invasion during the War Between the States. This fort is located in Avoyelles Parish, about three miles north of Marksville. Named for DeRussy, the fort construction began in November of 1862.
Lewis Gustave DeRussy was a little-known, but very active, participant in the early days of Louisiana’s history. He was a State senator, a State representative, a parish assessor, a civil engineer, and a loving husband and father. He was also a veteran of three wars – The War of 1812, the Mexican War, and the Civil War; the modern equivalent of which would be someone who had served on active duty as an officer in World War I, World War II, and Vietnam. Between wars, he was a Major General in the State Militia. He was involved in at least two duels and two shipwrecks. He was the oldest West Point graduate to serve as an officer in the Confederate Army, and he had three Confederate forts named after him. (He also had a brother and a nephew who were generals in the Union Army, and between the three of them there were five Fort DeRussys.) Some men are born with a silver spoon in their mouths. Lewis DeRussy was born with a steel bayonet in his
When a local historical society in Avoyelles Parish began efforts to restore Fort DeRussy and discovered the many contributions that DeRussy had made to early Louisiana history, descendants were contacted and asked for permission to move DeRussy’s remains to the fort. They enthusiastically agreed, and in September, 1999, DeRussy was reinterred on the grounds of the fort, with religious services and military honors, becoming the third person in his immediate family to be buried twice.
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Expired Image Removed
Color Guard With the Flags of the Confederacy
Major General Richard Taylor SCV Camp #1308
Shreveport, Louisiana
Expired Image Removed
Casket Bearers Representing The Three Wars In Which Colonel DeRussy Served
Also
Ft. DeRussy Facts - Friends of Fort DeRussy
Fort DeRussy (Louisiana)
Edit:
Lewis G. DeRussy was born in the North but served the CSA.