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Friday, June 5, 2026

Calcasieu Greys, Newsletter of Captain James W. Bryan Camp 1390, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Lake Charles, LA. June 2026

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Pvt. Y.R. LeMonnier Jr., Greenleaf's Company, Orleans Light Horse
He was born in Paris, France on Jan. 29, 1843, and joined the Crescent Regiment 
in March 1862 and fought at the Battle of Shiloh. He transferred into the
Orleans Light Horse in July 1862. LeMonnier served in that unit for the
rest of the war and was released on May 1, 1865, after the surrender of
the Army of Tennessee at Greensboro, N.C. LeMonnier returned to
New Orleans and became a prominent physician in the Crescent City.
He married in 1873 and died in New Orleans on Jan. 14, 1928,