Castor Guards

by R DeCuir

Overview

Company I of the 16th Louisiana Infantry was originally referred to as"The Castor Guards" from Bienville Parish, Louisiana. They were also referred to as Mabry's and Houston's after their commanders as the war progressed.

They were one of several Confederate militia groups formed at Bienville at the beginning of the Civil War.



The Castor Guards assembled on 1 September 1861 at the Castor Church (now the site of the Old Castor Cemetery), and rode to Camp Moore, Louisiana.

As in every small community across the south, the men who formed these units were brothers, cousins and neighbors. They knew each other most, if not all of their lives. And they were now gathering to take off to the war front together.

Bidding farewell to their families, the soldiers left for Camp Moore, just north of Tangipahoa, Lousiana for training. When they arrived, they were assigned as Company I of the 16th Louisiana Infantry.


The 16th Regiment was officially organized on September 29, 1861, at Camp Moore. Besides the men from Bienville, it contained men from Avoyelles, East Feliciana, Caddo, Livingston, Rapides, St. Landry, and St. Helena parishes of Louisiana.

There were originally a total of 851 soldiers in the regiment, including the Castor Guards.

Apparently, the regiment added soldiers through recruitment as they traveled, and consolidated with other units.

The regiment spent the winter at training camp in Louisiana. During the Civil War, troops could only move easily in dry months, so very few battles took place in the middle of winter.

This book outlines with illustrations the four years of war that this Bienville Parish group underwent. It also contains a roster and service record of its soldiers.


The following men were in the Castor Guards

Alexander, William E.
Amason, John W.
Ard, J. M, died at Shiloh

Barker, Andrew J.
Besant, Robert A.
Blackman, J. H.
Booker, William
Brackin, Alfred
Bryan, Terrell
Bryant, William H.
Brackin, Alfred
Brackin, John
Braswell, Blake William
Brill, Samuel
Brinson, Anthony W., died in Georgia
Brooks, C. W.
Bryan, Terrell
Bryant, William H.
Byas, Thomas H.

Campbell, Harper M.
Campbell, William, Killed at New Hope
Carlile, John W.
Chandler, John W. Died 1863
Chitwood, James O., Killed at Murfreesboro
Clark, Jeff, Died at Nashville
Clark, Samuel J. Died at Tennessee
Cline, Alexander
Cockeram, Henry E. Died in war
Comelander, Joseph
Collinsworth, Samuel N. Died 1864
Conover, John
Cooper, William P.

Davis, William D.

Foster, William C.

Grice, John C.
Gough, Enos

Harvard, John
Hinson, John
Hinson, Charles
Hilbun, Fredrick E.
Hinton, John W.

Jinks, William

Koonce, Andrew

Long, John E.
Long, Joseph, H.
Long, Andrew J.
Lovin, James

Mayberry, William T.
McDonald, Hiram
Mobley, Allen
Monroe, Jackson A.
Miller, Thomas J.
Morgan, William
Murphy, Elijah F.
Mobly, Joseph B.

Peavy, Allen
Pitman, James S.
Pullen, Francis
Pullen, Wily A.
Pullen, Harvey

Rigdon, Ephraim
Rushing, James
Rushing, Andrew J.
Row, William T.
Read, William
Robinson, George

Scogan, Toliver W., Pvt.
Simpson, Jas. A., Pvt.
Skinner, Joel J., Sergt. Company I, 16th La. Inf.
Spencer, R. F.,
Spindle, James
Sullivan, John Harrison, Private, En 1861-1865
Stewart, Henry
Sanders, John K.
Scoggin, Jacob S.
Skinner, Joel J., Sergt. Company I, 16th La. Inf.
Spencer, R. F., Pvt.
Thomas, James

Tarkinton, Leonidas
Tierney, Michael
Thomas, Henry

Williams, George
Wood, Thomas
Williams, David F.
Williams, Raleigh, Sr.
Wimberly, Thomas H.
Williams, Raleigh, Jr.
Woods, Aris

Zylks, Abraham
Zylks, Thomas

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781492176725
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/28/2013
Series:	150th anniversary of the CIvil War in Louisiana
Pages:	78
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.16(d)