Charles G. Girardeau,
 Private,
Co. B, Oglethorpe Light Infantry

Photo is courtesy of the U. S. Military History Institue, Carlisle, PA. The photo also appears in "Faces of Manassas," ed. by Joanna McDonald, c. 1998; and in the "Confederate Veteran" magazine, May-June 1994 issue, p. 20.

Photo is courtesy of the U. S. Military History Institue, Carlisle, PA. The photo also appears in "Faces of Manassas," ed. by Joanna McDonald, c. 1998; and in the "Confederate Veteran" magazine, May-June 1994 issue, p. 20.

Charles G. Girardeau enlisted as a private on May 21, 1861. He was wounded in 1861, and was discharged on account of wounds Jan. 4, 1862. He then enlisted as a private in Co. B, 20th Battn. Ga. Cavalry on June 13, 1862. He was captured at Old Church, Va. May 30, 1864. Charles died of fever at Elmira, N.Y. Feb. 22, 1865.

See article "Fighting Huguenots: The Girardeaus in the War for Southern Independence," by Robert G. Carroon, Confederate Veteran Magazine, May-June 1994, pgs. 20-31.