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Major John C. Knott
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Private Andrew J. KNOTT was enrolled in Company A, 12th Louisiana Infantry on 13 AUG 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana. He was discharged for an unstated cause on 30 JUL 1862 and was subsequently enrolled in the Marion Rangers, Breazeale's Battalion, Louisiana Partisan Rangers at Natchitoches, Louisiana. The Marion Rangers became Company B, 2nd Louisiana Cavalry in September 1862. Andrew received his final parole at Natchitoches, Louisiana on 10 JUN 1865 and was a resident of Natchitoches Parish.

Private John Oscar Knott, Company B, 2nd Louisiana Cavalry was not enrolled in the 12th Louisiana Infantry. He and Major John C. Knott, 12th Louisiana Infantry were not the same person.

Major John C. Knott was a resident of Union Parish who arrived at Camp Moore, Louisiana as 1st Lieutenant of the Independent Rangers from Union Parish. He was elected Major of the 12th Louisiana Infantry on 9 AUG 1861 at Camp Moore. When the regiment was re-enrolled and re-organized to serve for three years or the duration of the war under the Confederate Conscription Act at Fort Pillow on 10 MAY 1862, Knott was not re-elected as Major. He was allowed to resign his commission and return home to Union Parish where he served as an enrollment officer during the remainder of the war.

R. Hugh Simmons
Regimental Historian
12th Louisiana Infantry
Website: www.rhsresearch.org/12LAINF.htm

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