DENAUX, WILLIAM ALEXANDER

SERVICE RECORD:

- enlisted on March 22, 1862 and mustered in with the Gist Guard on April 2, 1862

- Jan 15 to Apr 30 1862; present, dues for outfit $25.00

- May & Jun 1862; (card missing)

- Jul & Aug 1862; present

- Sep & Oct 1862; present

- Nov & Dec 1862; present

- Jan & Feb 1863; present

- Mar & Apr 1863; present

- May & Jun 1863; present

- Jul & Aug 1863; present

- Sep & Oct 1863; present

- Nov & Dec 1863; present

- Jan & Feb 1864; present

- Mar & Apr 1864; present

- May & Jun 1864; (card missing)

- Jul & Aug 1864; present

- Sep & Oct 1864; detailed for special duty 1st District

- Nov & Dec 1864; absent, detached at city batteries

- Jan & Feb 1865; loss by desertion

The records from the Wayside (1st Louisiana) Hospital in Charleston show Pvt William Deneaux being admitted on June 15, 1864 for "Quotidian Intermittent Fever," and was released back to duty on June 18.

On October 30, 1919, William Denaux's wife applied for a Confederate pension on her husband's service in the Gist Guard.  The following information was listed at that time:

NAME:  Victoria A Denaux

AGE:  75

RESIDENCE:  268 Coming Street, Charleston, SC; lived in Charleston all her life

INCOME:  does not exceed $500.00

PROPERTY VALUE:  does exceed $1000.00

MARRIED:  February 11, 1868

HUSBAND'S SERVICE:  Enlisted in Gist's Artillery, Chichester's company in 1861; served in that unit until discharge in April, 1865 at New York, NY

HUSBAND DIED:  June 27, 1892