I wish to thank:
Stephen Achee, for information on the Allain family
Virginia Alonso-Tokarz, my Cormier cousin from Davie, FL, who provided invaluable information that helped me unravel the mystery of CPT Louis A. Cormier of Company C, 6th Louisiana Infantry, including a picture of the young Confederate hero, & information on Emile T. Cormier of Company C, 6th Louisiana Infantry, & Valery Cormier of Company D, 18th Louisiana Infantry, & Company K, 2nd Louisiana Reserve Corps. Here is a perfect example of how I could not tell the true story of the Acadians in Gray without the assistance of my readers.
Horace Beach of Clayton, CA, for information on his Confederate ancestors, Joseph Michel Cantrelle and Moise Deslattes of the 5th Louisiana Battery
Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr., guru of Louisiana in the Civil War, for information on Louisiana units. The unit pages in this website would be mighty poor indeed without extensive quotes from his wonderful book, Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865, the vade mecum of any serious student of Louisiana's contribution to the War.
Velia "Bert" Bertrand, Jr., for information on the Bertrand families of Louisiana
Elaine Boston of Folsom, LA, for information on her husband's ancestor, Francois Vileor Gaudin of Company A, 1st Louisiana Cavalry, and for information on the Gaudin and related families
Don Boudreaux of Lafayette, LA, for information on the Boudreaux family
Barbara Broussard of Rayne, LA, for information on her ancestor, Dejean Broussard of Company F, 7th Louisiana Cavalry, and on Norbert Blanchard of Company E, Consolidated 18th Louisiana Infantry
Kirby Broussard of TX and his mother, Mildred Broussard of Lake Arthur, LA, for alerting me to the Civil War Victims Memorial in the Abshire Cemetery in Vermilion Parish and directions to the cemetery
Thomas C. Cardwell of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry and the 9th Louisiana Infantry regiments, re-enacted, for his kind words about this website
Jimmy Chauvin of Lafayette, LA, for information on COL Alcibiades DeBlanc of the 8th Louisiana Infantry and on LT Louis Edmond LeBlanc of Alcibide's Company C, 8th Louisiana Infantry
Murphy Comardelle of Midlothian, VA, for information on his family and for passing a good time at the Old Towne Chester Reunion
Dave Comeau of Ottawa, Canada, my Canadian "cuz," for information and photos on Louisiana battlefields in the Photo Gallery and for information on his family genealogy. I thank him also for reading Chapter One carefully and offering insightful comments that improved the narrative.
Lucie LeBlanc Consentino of Acadian Ancestral Home, for straightening me out on the Gaudet & Le Blanc pioneers
Lynn Consentino of Mesa, AZ, for information on the Gonsoulins & Broussards & on her ancestor, Victorin Allain of Company I, 2nd Louisiana Cavalry
Eva Miller Cormier of Jennings, LA, for such diligent work in finding Confederate veterans' tombstones in the cemeteries we have visited ... and for giving me life
Joseph A. Cormier of Hurlburt Field, FL, my courageous kid brother, for pointing out information on CPT Louis A. Cormier of Company C, 6th Louisiana Infantry, for enduring the rigors of the summer heat in several cemeteries filled with AIGs, and for helping to defend our nation against the evils of terrorism
Louis Cormier, Jr., a Cormier cousin from Beaumont, TX, for information on Clemille Cormier of Company A, 26th Louisiana Infantry, my great-grandfather's younger brother
Michael Cormier of Chester, VA, for all the help and support he's given his old man, especially for his sharp-eyed assistance in spotting UCV grave markers in the cemeteries we have visited
The late Ollie "Cormier" of Hurlburt Field, FL, for sniffing out the AIGs in the Iota, Rayne, and Church Point cemeteries
N. Wayne Cosby of Watson, LA, for information on the 8th Louisiana Infantry
Deborah Lynn Courville, for information on her grandfather, Donat Courville of Company B, 7th Louisiana Cavalry
Lee Crockett of Orange Park, FL, another newfound cousin, for information on the Comeauxs, Guilbeaus & Sonniers.
Lou Curtis of New Orleans, LA, for information on Napoleon Melancon of Company A, 26th Louisiana Infantry and other members of that regiment and the 18th Louisiana Infantry, and on Louis Hulot of Company K, 2nd Louisiana Reserve Corps
Scott J. Daigle, MD of Minneapolis, MN, for information on his great-great grandfather, 2LT Oscar Gaudet of the Orleans Guard Regiment VST and the 5th and 6th Louisiana Batteries.
Kinta Delamain of Kill Devil Hills, NC, for information on the Gourrier brothers of Iberville Parish, including a photo of CPT Thomas Edouard Gourrier of Company A, 3rd Louisiana Infantry
Bill Diaz, for informaton on his great-great grandfather, Leo Pierre Champagne and Leo's brother Amedee, both of Company D, 18th Louisiana Infantry and Company E, Consolidated 18th Louisiana Infantry
Josie Dorman and Angela Dorman O'Connor, for use of their family's photograph of the Alexandre Mouton children
Carol Doucet of Lafayette, LA, for information on the parish registers of St.-Jean-Baptiste of Port-Royal
Keith Doucet of Houston, TX, for his kind words and the link to the Doucet Family website, also for information on his ancestors Charles Doucet of Company D, 7th Louisiana Cavalry; Martin Doucet of Company B, 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery; and Charles Dupree Lejeune of the Pointe Coupee Battalion Artillery
Homer Dupuy of Scott, LA, for the wonderful photos and a newspaper clipping of the ceremony for BG Louis Hebert's reburial in Cecilia, LA, and for a photograph of the dedication ceremony for the UCV marker at the gravesite of Treville Broussard of the 26th Louisiana Infantry in St. John Catholic Cemetery, Lafayette, LA
George Edmonston, Jr. of Newberg, OR, for information on his ancestor, John Oscar Edmonston of Company F, 4th Louisiana Infantry
John M. Fleming of Metairie, LA, for information on his AIG ancestor, Louis Bonin of Company D, 7th Louisiana Cavalry.
Paula Frederick, for information on her AIG ancestors, Alexandre Dartez of Company I, 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery, and Hypolite Smith of Company E, 26th Louisiana Infantry
Benny Furgeson of Bush, LA, for information on Etienne Lejeune of the 7th Louisiana Cavalry and Company B, 2nd Louisiana Reserve Corps and all kinds of other good information on the AIGs
The late Tim Gann of Thibodaux, LA, a high school classmate, for kind words, encouragement, and the Thibodaux area phone book. Rest in peace, my friend...
Carl Garbarino of Lafayette, LA, for photos of the gravesites of Acadians in Gray in various cemeteries of southwest Louisiana
Denis Gaubert for information on Paul Aime Melancon of Company I, 26th Louisiana Infantry
Edward Gauthier of Sunset, LA, my dear cuz, for the Lafayette area phone book and newspaper clippings about the Civil War in the Sunset area
The late Mary Ann and J. C. Gauthier of Jennings, LA, my aunt and uncle, for information on and a photo of Anatole Martial Gauthier of Company D, Orleans Guard Battalion Infantry and Company A, 30th Louisiana Infantry and for directions to Anatole's burial site in the Jennings cemetery
Charles Gerard of Scott, LA, for information on and likenesses of Basile Sonnier of Company B, Confederate Guards Response Battalion Louisiana Infantry and his family
Patrick Guilbeau of Carencro, LA, for information on Lucien A. Guilbeau of Company A, Yellow Jackets Battalion Louisiana Infantry and Company D, Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jackets Battalion Louisiana Infantry
Jeremy Haag of St. Louis, MO, for information on his ancestor, Benjamin T. Andrus of Company F, 8th Louisiana Infantry
Liz Hall of Glendale, CA, for information on Constant Legere of Company E, 26th Louisiana Infantry, especially on his fourth wife Octavie
David Hebert of Simpsonville, SC, for information on Simonet Lachaussee of Company C, 7th Louisiana Cavalry
Neal Hebert of Modesto, CA, for information on his ancestor, Dorcey Broussard of Company F, 7th Louisiana Cavalry
Zilda M. Hebert of Gun Barrel, TX, for information on her Civil War ancestors
Andre Janet of Connecticut for installing the memorial grave marker for CPT Louis A. Cormier of Company C, 6th Louisiana Infantry
Jack Johnson of Conway, AR, for information on his ancestor, Thomas Johnson of the 22nd (Patton's 21st) Louisiana Infantry and for the photos of his gravesite
Jo Johnson of Vicksburg, MS, for updates on the struggle there to maintain a clear view of the Mississippi from the Confederate battery positions in the national battlefield park
Patrick E. Johnson III of Huntsville, TX, for information on his great-great grandfather, Josiah Johnson of the Grivot Company Louisiana Cavalry & the 2nd Louisiana Cavalry, and the Johnson brothers--William C. III, John, and Soloman--of Company A, 29th (Thomas') Louisiana Infantry, also Edmond Comeaux of Company K, 7th Louisiana Cavalry
Raymond Johnson for information on the Molaisons of Acadia and Louisiana and the Bernard du Montiers of Baton Rouge
David Jones of Michigan for setting me straight on the Gros family and for information on his Confederate ancestor, Merile Gros of Company C, 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery
Karlos Knott, commander of the Major General Franklin Gardner Camp #1421, Sons of Confederate Veterans in Lafayette, for information on his ancestor Gustave Nott of King's Louisiana Battery and for spreading the good word about this website among the SCV camps down in the Bayous. Also, thanks for information on the burial & re-interment of LT Louis Edmond LeBlanc of Company C, 8th Louisiana Infantry.
Ned Louis Labbe, Jr., presently of Sonoma County, CA, for information on the Labbe brothers of Company C, 8th Louisiana Infantry
Gerald LaLande of Lafayette, LA, for photos of the grave of his great-great grandfather, Pierre Theoland Lalande of Company B, Yellow Jackets Battalion Louisiana Infantry, for information on & the photo of his Confederate ancestor, Jules Morvant of Company A, 26th Louisiana Infantry, for information on the cemeteries in Abbeville and on the LaLande family in France
Bart Landry of Metairie, LA, for information on & a photograph of his great-great grandfather, Pierre Theolin Landry of Company G, 7th Louisiana Cavalry
Bob Landry of Jennings, LA, for information on the Landrys and Leveques of Company H, 4th Louisiana Infantry
Dale & Jason Langlinais of Broussard, LA, for information on & a photo of their ancestor, Onezime Langlinais of Company A, 26th Louisiana Infantry
Keith Lapeyrouse, for information on his family
Amynthe Lavergne of Scott, LA, and Robert J. LeJeune of Arnaudville, LA, for information on Pierre Agerin Lavergne of Company E, Miles Legion Infantry and Ovide Lejeune of Company I, 1st Louisiana Cavalry and for permission to use photographs of Pierre Agerin Lavergne. And thank you, Anna, for that excellent meal.
Stanley LeBlanc, native of New Iberia, LA, living in Dallas, TX, & host of the website <thecajuns.com>, for straightening me out on the Simon LeBlancs of colonial Louisiana
Tim Lecompte of Bourg, LA, for information on Justin Lecompte of Company H, 26th Louisiana Infantry
Kim LeDoux of Sulphur, LA, for information on Constant Legere of Company E, 26th Louisiana Infantry
Nancy Armentor Lees, for information on her ancestor, Emile LaClair Romero of Company A, Consolidated 18th Regiment Infantry
Ben Londeree of Columbia, MO, a Landry family historian, for straightening me out on many of the Landrys of Louisiana
Linda Louviere of Houston, TX, for straightening me out on the Louvieres of Louisiana
Helen M. Manley of Minneapolis, MN, for information on her ancestors, the Moutons
Steve Mayeux, chairman & historian, Friends of Fort DeRussy, for information on King's Louisiana Battery and on Louisiana POWs
Dawn McQuiston, for information on Villefred Chemin, her great-great-great grandfather, & his brother Jean Baptiste Chemin, both of Company F, 4th Louisiana Infantry, & on the Rivets
Keith Melançon for information on the 26th Louisiana Infantry, especially its battle flag, and for copies of pension files relating to his Confederate ancestors
Miles Montegut of Texas City, TX, for information on the Monteguts
Barry Naquin of Thibodaux, LA, for information on Auguste Zenon Naquin of Company F, Lafourche Parish Regiment Militia
Sandi Nardone of Graphic Design Services, Midlothian, VA, for designing the logo for "Acadians in Gray," for enhancing the pics in the Photo Gallery ... and for lighting up my life. Please visit her wonderful website at sandiartfullyyours.com. She does great work, yah.
Kyle Paxton, for information on Dr. John D. Trahan of the Grivot Rangers Company Cavalry
Gilbert S. Pennison, Jr. of Houston, TX, for information on the Penissons of King's Battery & Company B, 26th Louisiana Infantry
Lonnie Raffray of Baton Rouge, LA, a descendant of Francois Simoneaux, for straightening me out on the Simoneaux family's origins and for information on the Raffray family as well
Thom Raysor, Jr. of Chevy Chase, MD, for information on the AIGs from the National Archives
Alma Reed of Eunice, LA, for information on the true death date of Donat Courville of Company B, 7th Louisiana Cavalry
Joe Richard, for the use of his version of the 18th Louisiana Infantry flag
Master Sergeant Edmond M. Rogers of the U.S. Air Force and Allen John Rogers of Springfield, OH, for information on the Rogers in Acadia and Louisiana, especially Louis Marcellus Roger of Company D, Orleans Guard Battalion and Company A, 30th Louisiana Infantry
Francine Ross of Lafayette, LA, for information on her ancestor, Christian Francois Mornhinveg, Jr., of Company K, 29th Louisiana Infantry
Jerry Royer of San Francisco, CA, for information on the Royers and their cousins the Cormiers
Marlene Landry Royer of Jennings, LA, my first cousin on my Momma's side, for information on Simeon Ovid Landry, an oft-captured member of Company C, 8th Louisiana Infantry
John Rybiski of TX, for information on his collateral descendant, Pierre Caesar Rybiski of the Donaldsonville Artillery
Lee Shaffer of Shriever, LA, for information on his great-grandfather, CPT John J. Shaffer of Company F, 26th Louisiana Infantry, and the captain's brother, 2LT Thomas J. Shaffer, also of Company F
Pam Toffier Skinner for the proper pronunciation of her maiden name
Dave Smith, for his review of this website in the January 2001 issue of The Civil War News
Ethel "Jean" Granger Stelly of Houston, TX, for information on her ancestor, Cyprien Ardoin of Company A(1st), Daly's/Ragsdale's Battalion TX Cavalry, and on the Stellys
Julie Stukel for information on her great-great grandfather, Joseph Numa Picou of Company E/H, 2nd Louisiana Infantry, & his brothers, Joseph Edouard Octave & Louis Gustave Picou.
Marty Tate of Flower Mound, TX, for information on the Tate family of Louisiana
Whitney Telle, for information on William Tell Knoblock of Company I, 26th Louisiana Infantry
Tom Villien of Charlottesville, VA, for information on & the postwar photo of his ancestor, Austin Lacombe of Company C, 6th Louisiana Infantry
Paula Thornton, for the proper pronunciation of her mother's family name, Vige
Jean Vignes, for information on his family
Beryl Wallen of White, GA, for information on Aurelie Theriot of Company H, 26th Louisiana Infantry
Todd Wilkinson of Springfield, MO, for information on the 3rd Louisiana Infantry
Judy Trahan Wostal, for information on her ancestor, Thomas Addison of the 7th Louisiana Cavalry
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