St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1889-10-26
st. Gandrly 1enlutrai
OCTAVE roNTENoT.
t)PEIA{)USAS +:

The following "war reimbursement of
cur worthy townsman. Octave F"nt.-
not, which we find Among the "War
Sketches" in the City Item of the 21>t
Just, will be read with interest 10y his
many friends IN oar vicinity:
Co,nrati- Funtel0t, II iiighty esteemed
melintr at the ass,,ciatl"ii, residing IN
ST.. Landry. sends the historical COM
mi.tee the tutl"wing sketch:
The company to 7" h,c., betonged was
from the parish of ST. Landry, and the
Officers aud soldiers "eIt the dtsccnd-
ants ut the first French settlers OF
l. ,uiSiana. The company was organized
with Capt. Nap,,Ieuu Rubin, FIRST Lieu
tenant August Il ,bli. SECOND Lleute-
nant Octave F',ntenut. Thlrd Lleute-
nant TtrOd"te Robin.
We enlisted On the 9Th day of April,
1869, for tile war, went To New Orleans
ON inc follow ing Sunday, and camped
on Metairie Ridge. We left New Oh
l-dus an the 25n of April, 1869, tor
Camp Moore, where We lenaltisa until
May. We were then ordered TO Flcke-
burg. Our fist engagement was near
Warrenton with tile Hartford. We we're
IN all the engagements around Ficks-
huig. On Saturday night, December
27fii, We relieved the Seventeenth Louie
l.ua Oh picket il, the ChIckasaw swami
o. the nitn ming of the % u. just before
day, We We're attacked ny Dian's bri.
Rade of the Thirteenth a. my Corps.
We held them ia chrck untii | "'clurk
IN the evening, with less than 800 tnti,,
with loss ut (43) tnriy-Iw0 nlru kIil.u
anu Wounded. AT tile nOinrht of brlng
htnked we fell back alongside OF the
4 %enty-S'xtil LOUISIANA. which was III
the treEctses, aud ref.tned under IL
heavy hre Of artitiers aud Infantry. The
IauIes ot Vicksiiilrg sent us two barrels
at tlsky IN cunsitteratlsii, as they said,
nf our gallant coHtiiict, ana We did nut
fiii To drink their heatiiS that night.
o. Mnnday, the 80. II ut December, 1862.
al au.ut 10 o'ci"cn III tie day, We we,r
assaulted ny the Thirteenth Army CurE>;
they made tndr desperate charges he-
fore they We're: beaten back wifi heavy
loss. % Fittdy, the secuud day OF Jan
nary, 1868, ses lag nts more ut The tntlnA,
Lieut.. Col. j. y. l. ,n.iry WAS ordered
with unr regiment tn
ADVANCE AND RECONNoITRE
the CtiickasaN sw amp. We inuu,l where
the enemy had campt,l. They gave rs
few siiats "f light artillery as Il pant.
lug salute. In Fehiuity, 1868. our i+gI
mrnt MAS ordered Ou the laz 10 10 hunt
Rlntitsats which 0tse SAID Ia t,e arolln,
II, s,,Ilie of those. b,.n The boats go,
away t,eftiTe We got There. We then re-
tut ued IO our camp at Vlckshurg. W..
remained at Vrksntiig uutli the invest
ihent 10y Gen. u. 5. Giant un May 17h.
OB the 1874 ne went to the f1rlillcatiuiis
aud TOOK our places IN the iutrenci,-
smenis, being most "f the time gu the
srsrive. On May 20 1 the enemy were.
Ia the very act 0i pi-Icing our lines on
the jackson ruad when twu companies
at our regiment, C"mpasli-s Ii ami /,
drUve them tack, tossing ii great inast
lHea in n few Hnu,it-i,ia. Lieut.. Siu,,..
at Company u. WAS allied III that as.
SUIT.
we had to have fatigue parties ever,
night To iepaIr our breast Wuiks, ana
one night lat JUNE, heIng in command
of the fatigue party. ] passed ths. night
without sleeping. Next day " iiiit- t.z-
ing near THE Trenches "as sIinex by
4!sv fragment at Il shell, when shat
tered my ieit aim h-i"w the sllni,i.ir,,
ncces>itatin9 amputatinn, which Was
Ip-rtOttDtd The same day.
Leu. Octa,. Fnuiennt was horn on
OctotMr 3 1888. III ST. l. ,n.iry parish,
L.. id IA ihini~r t,y profession. but j.
be-" deputy sheriff aud tax collector vi
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