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The Daily Dispatch: July 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], Distress in Cincinnati. (search)
The late Col. Dreux. --The New Orleans Delta pays the following tribute to the memory of Col. Charles D. Dreux, who was killed in a skirmish near Newport News: Col. Charles D. Dreux, who was killed in a skirmish near Newport News: No young officer left this State for the scene of war with brighter promise of distinction-- not one left behind a larger circle of loving and admiring friends than Col. Dreux. He was the idol of his command, composed as it was of the sons of our first citizens, nearly all native Louisianians, and young men of the loftiest th generous feelings and aspirations, and with all the qualities for command, Col. Dreux, though a very young man, was admirably adapted to lead our youth in perilousthe first volunteer company in this city to offer their services to the war, Capt. Dreux no sooner appeared on the field of active service, at Pensacola, than the eylitary movements. When the battalion of volunteers was ordered to Virginia, Capt. Dreux as Senior Captain, became Lieut. Colonel, a promotion afterwards satisfied b