Joseph H. Dale
Enlisted as a Private
"D" Co. LA 1st Special Bn Infantry
Enlisted as a 2nd Lieutenant
"B" Co. LA 7th Battn Infantry
Enlisted as a Captain
"I" Co. LA 15th Infantry
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
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Joseph H. Dale, Private, (Old) Company D, 1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Infantry,* enlisted June 8, 1861 at Camp Moore, La. by Lieut. Pope for the war, promoted to 2nd Lieutenant September 20, 1861, admitted Receiving and Wayside Hospital, Gen. Hosp. No. 9, Richmond, Va. June 17, 1864, transferred next day to Louisiana Hospital, Richmond, no further records
* This company subsequently became Company B, 7th Battalion Louisiana Infantry
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Joseph H. Dale, 2nd Lieutenant, Company B, St. Paul's Battalion, Louisiana Foot Rifles.** wounded in the engagements around Richmond, Va. June 15 to July 1, 1862, no other record
** This company was formerly Company D, 1st (Wheat's) Special Battalion, Louisiana Infantry, St. Paul's Battalion Louisiana Foot Rifles, was also known as the 7th Battalion Louisiana Infantry
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His file for the 15th Louisiana Infantry contains 66 cards with one card which contains correspondence between the Adjutant General War Department with the Louisiana Board of Pension Commissioners dated November 25, 1914
"The Confederate records show that Joseph H. Dale served as Captain in Company B, 7th Battalion (which became Company I, 15th Regiment) Louisiana Infantry, C.S.A.; that he entered the service June 9, 1861 and was wounded and made a prisoner at the battle of Belle Grove on October 19, 1864.
The Union prisoner of war records that he was captured at Woodstock, Va., October 20, 1864, and was released June 17, 1865, at Ft. Delaware, Del., on taking the oath of allegiance."
M320: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana