CHARLES DeVILLIERS-- Colonel of the 11th Ohio Infantry. Captured and sent to prison, but escaped. Once back in the Union Army, he was court martialed on 13 counts of misconduct, including stealing from local citizens and selling to Army members.
Dismissed from service and returned to France.
This was from our speaker but I forgot his name.
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Looked up this man and found this on Virtual American Biographies.
CHARLES A. De VILLIERS
Soldier born in 1826. He had been an officer in the French Army and afterward became colonel of the 11th Ohio Infantry.
At the beginning of the Civil War he was taken prisoner, 17 July 1861 and sent to Richmond.
Next... His Escape. --Old Secesh
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