This book is the culmination of over forty years of collecting old photographs by the author in Avoyelles Parish. The faces of about 150 of these soldiers or Civil War participants are the largest collection of its type. The rarest of the photographs depict local soldiers in uniform, some bearing arms. There are also portraits of two Avoyelles men who were among the hundreds of local young men who died in the war.Over 1000 men from Avoyelles served during the war. Bordered by two rivers, the rich soil of the Mississippi and Red River valleys enabled large and many small plantations. Avoyelles gave its share of soldiers on both sides of the battlefield. About 100 of its citizens gave their lives either during a battle or from disease. Many of the local men were in one of a handful of units which were formed in Avoyelles. These French speaking soldiers spread out and collectively fought in just about every battle in the war, from Gettysburg to Mansura.Portraits include: Palmire Boyer AmetPrudent AymondFB BaillioAristide BarbinLudger BarbinEvariste BarreHeber BennettMansuel BennettJoseph BettevyDr. James K BondEdmond BonnettEmile BordelonGervais BordelonLouis Landry BordelonPierre Auge BordelonRemi BordelonSt James BordelonDavid French BoydAlonzo Lucien BoyerBenoit BrouilletteAlcide CailleteauSerge CallegariCapt. Jos CappelJules ChatelainEmile Jules ChazeMoise ChenevertAlphonse B CocoAnatole CocoFB CocoPhilogene CocoAugustine CouvillonEdgar Pierre CouvillionElphege Phillip CouvillonHypolite Oge CouvillonJoseph Cleophas CouvillonLudger CouvillionPierre Elphege CouvillionBasel CushmanCharles CushmanPierre DaigrepontAugustin DauzatMarcellin DeCuirJean L DeGeneresAlcibeade DerivasLouis DeRussyJean O DomasSt James DubrocJerome DucoteLouis DucoteRezaire DucoteZelien DucoteMarcellin DufourDr.. Francois DumartraitPierre DupontPierre Charles DupuisStephen DupuisHenry Clay EdwardsJames M. EdwardsJocahim FirmenElijah FoglemanFrederic ForaseéThomas P FrifthCapt. William FullerSteven FuquaLouis GagnardGerand J. GaspardEugene GauthierPhilocles GauthierJohn George, IIIGiles GlasscockSen. Abram M. GrayAristides M. GremillionJean Baptiste G. GremillionConstant GuillebertJean Baptiste GuilloryJulien GuilloryAlexandre M. HaasCapt. Sam HaasJudge William HallCapt. Joseph T. HatchParfait Belfort HaydelWilliam Hervey, IIIDaniel Bettison HudsonAlfred Briggs IrionWiley JacksonJ. B. Jeansonne, filsCapt. Isaac C. JohnsonEloi JoffrionSen. Evariste JoffrionCapt. Joseph JoffrionCleophas JuneauEmile Juneau, Boone'sCapt. Patrick KearyProf. Henry Clay KemperJean Joseph KnollApollinaire LabordeMartin LabordeSevere LabordeArnaud Denis LafargueJoseph LaPrairie, II, UnionJohn Baptist LeVertDr. J. Cecil LeGareFulgence LemoineJean Bapiste LemoineLeandre LemoineLeon LemoineTheophile LemoineZenon LemoineAdiren MailletHilaire MarcottteDorsin MayeuxHenry MayeuxHugh McNealCurry MilburnThomas Jefferson MilliganFerdinand and Ferrier MoreauOge MoreauValerien Moreau, IIJ. Alphonse MorrowGeorge NeckAlcide Hilaire NormandCleophas Prudent NormandClete Pudrent NormandLuc NormandOliver P. NormandPrudent Normand, Sr. & Jr.Scott NormandCapt. S. J. NorwoodCapt. Thomas OvertonFrancis M. PaveyAlanson PearceStephen S. PearceW. O. PearceeDr. Leonard RabalaisAndrew Jackson ReedAbraham RoyLeandre RoyAlfred ScallanDavid SiessLeopold SiessSimon SiessJohn SnoddyLynn TannerDr. Leo C. TarletonJ. Alfred TassinEwell ThompsonSpencer R. ThorpeCapt. J. E. TrudeauCelestin VillemaretteAlphonse A. VoincheDr. James WareRev. Frederick WhiteRobert WindesCharles N. Zimmer