Roger, Augustin, Pvt. Co. D, 26th La.
Inf. En. Thibodaux, La., March 12, 186-. Roll Sept. and
Oct., 1862, Present. Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War,
Captured and paroled at Vicksburg, Miss., July 4, 1863.
Rojair, A., Pvt., Co. I., 18th La. Inf. Roll Jan.
and Feb., 1863 (only Roll on which borne), En. Oct. 10,
1862, Assumption Par., La. Remarks: Absent without leave
from Gen. Hospl. Borne on Rolls of Co. H., Cons. 18th Regt.
and Yellow Jacket Battn. La. Inf. Roll Jan. and Feb., 1864,
Present.
Augustin Roger was born on 15 March 1839 in
Plattenville, Louisiana. He was the son of Auguste/Augustin
Roger and Emmerante BOURG.
He is enumerated with his stepfather, Joseph HIMEL and
Emarante in 1860 in Lafourche Parish. Augustin enlisted in
Berwick Bay, St. Mary Parish. After the war ended, he
returned to Lafourche Parish and lived there for some 10
years prior to relocating to Iberia Parish.
Autustin's first marriage was to Miss Josephine
MAITREJEAN. The marriage produced four children (Dolsilva,
Thelesia, Olivia and Joseph). Augustin's first wife,
Josephine was tragically killed when she threw herself
between a charging bull and a small child, thereby saving
the child and sacrificing her own life.
Augustin married once more. This marriage was to Miss
Marie Delzire BODIN (BOUDIN) 5 January 1880 in Iberia
Parish. The rites of marriage were performed by Clarence L.
Smith, and was witnessed by Adrien BODIN, Cesaire ROBICHAUX,
and C. JACQUET. This marriage produced three children. At
the time of his application, he lists his wife as being 50
years old and the children as follows: Dolsilva -- 40,
Thelesia -- 38, Olivia -- 35, Joseph -- 30, Marie -- 21,
Anthony -- 19, and Antonia -- 10.
According to the Confederate Pension Application, it is
stated that he served in Co. H. (Confederate Guards of
Orleans Parish) of the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment.
However, his headstone states that he served in Co. D.,
of the 26th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. This information
falls in line with the information pertaining to the history
of the 26th Regiment in as it was formed at Berwick City on
3 April 1862. This regiment eventually ended up at Vicksburg
and performed heroically at the defense of Chickasaw Bluffs
during the Vicksburg campaign. During the defense of
Chickasaw Bluffs, the regiment captured some 300 Federal
soldiers in an attack on the enemy's flanks. (History of
this unit is as stated in the book: Guide to Louisiana
Confederate Military Units 1861-1865, by Arthur W.
Bergeron, Jr. )
Records indicate that he served at the Battle of
Vicksburg and was surrendered there on 4 July 1863. It is
possible that after his surrender at Vicksburg, and upon his
exchange from parole camp, that he along with other men were
assigned to the reorganized Consolidated 18th Louisiana
Infantry Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion after it's
reorganization at Simmsport, on November 14, 1863. The 18th
Regiment went on to participate in the failed Red River
campaign and battles of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, and Yellow
Bayou.
On July 22, 1904, Augustin applied for and received a
Confederate Pension while he was residing in DeRouen (Iberia
Parish), Louisiana.
In his Pension Application, Augustin mentions the
officers that he served under as being: Col. (Leopold L.)
Armant, Lt. Col. (Joseph) Collins, Major William Mouton, a
Capt. (name appears to be Horatio N. Jenkins) and a 1st Lt.
(S. W.) Clark -- all of who served in the 18th Louisiana and
in the cases of Jenkins and Clark were both in command of
Co. H.
He died on 15 November 1929 at Lee Station, Iberia
Parish, and is laid to rest in the Broussard Cemetery, a
family cemetery, in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The cause of
his death was listed on the Pension Application as kidney
trouble and old age.
After his death in 1929, his widow, Marie Delzire BODIN
(BOUDIN) (born 4 July 1854), applied for and received a
Confederate Widow's Pension.
Information relating to this biographical sketch is taken
from the following sources:
Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units
1861-1865, by Arthur W. Bergeron, Jr.
Confederate Pension Application #3422, for Augustin
Roger, Iberia Parish, Louisiana
Confederate Widow's Pension Application #13595, for
Delzire BOUDIN Rogers, Iberia Parish, Louisiana.
