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I believe he was among those re-interned in a Chattanooga cemetery.

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This piece indicates he was buried in Tennessee, but not exactly where.

Confederate States Of America Veterans Buried in Beauregard and
Vernon Parishes, Louisiana

Cooley, Wesley Allen Oct 4 1838 Sep 20 1863 Wales Cem (monument)

Pvt 16th La Inf Co E Killed at Chickamauga, buried in Tenn

Wesley Allen Cooley ~ Private Company E, 16th Louisiana Infantry.

http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/beauregard/military/veteran.txt

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Pioneers - Soldiers detailed to carry out duties similar to those of mdern combat engineers such as cutting roads, repairing bridges and works, and dismantling enemy artillery, fortifications, and railroads;

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