Chaplain Thomas J Rayford PhD.
Louisiana Secretary of State
Confederate Pension Applications Index Database
Selected Name Detailed Data
Reel: CP1.17 -- Microdex 2 -- Sequence 8
Target card: BRIAN, ROSANNA
Applicant Information & Name Variations:
BRIAN, ROSANNA (ROE)
Parish: GRANT -- Pages: 6
Soldier Information & Variations:
BRIAN, B. F.
State: LA
Branch: CAVALRY
Unit: 15TH BATTALION
Company: CO. C
(Above military data is from the War Department.)
State: LA
Branch: CAVALRY
Unit: 3RD (HARRISON'S) REGIMENT
Company: CO. C
(Above military data is from the War Department.)
BRIAN, BENJAMIN F.
State: LA
Branch: CAVALRY
Unit: 6TH REGIMENT
Company: CO. D
BRIAN, D. F.
State: LA
Branch: CAVALRY
Unit: 6TH REGIMENT
Company: CO. F
(Above military data is from the War Department.)
Note that there are six pages of information and documents available on the widow,BRIAN, ROSANNA (ROE) from the Secretary of State Office. This will be his military records which allowed her to collect his pension. Call the Office and they will make copies at about $0.50 a page.
Note that he was in four units.
Then John Morgan Gates
Louisiana Secretary of State
Confederate Pension Applications Index Database
Selected Name Detailed Data
Reel: CP1.53 -- Microdex 3 -- Sequence 5
Target card: GATES, SARAH
Applicant Information & Name Variations:
GATES, SARAH
Parish: GRANT -- Pages: 10
Soldier Information & Variations:
GATES, MORGAN
State: LA
Branch: INFANTRY
Unit: 28TH REGIMENT (GRAY'S)
Company: CO. E
(Above military data is from the War Department.)
Brian, B. F., Sergt. Co. C. 3rd La. Cav. who acted as a Courier from Alexandria, La., to Monroe, La., Aug. 28th, 1862, to Jan. 25th, 1863,