ADOLPHUS and CHARLES CONSTANTINE -- 2nd VETERAN CAVALRYFATHER FOUGHT IN THE EAST -- SON IN THE SOUTH - Flavie Giroux andAdolphus Charles Constantine were both born in Quebec. They were marriedin Port Henry, NY, in 1846, and their first child, Charles, was born ayear later. In 1863, the elder Constantine, who was a shoemaker, wasadded to the Draft Registration List for the Town of Westport.At the beginning of December 1863, Charles enlisted in the 2nd VeteranCavalry in Plattsburgh and by March 1864, was patrolling and skirmishingalong the Red River under MG Nathaniel Banks in the Department of theGulf. Until he mustered out on November 8, 1865, he patrolled Louisiana,Mississippi, Alabama and Florida.While Charles was fighting in Mississippi in August 1864, his father,Alphonse, enlisted in the 2nd Cavalry in Plattsburgh, and was sent tothe Shenandoah Valley to fight under General Sheridan. He was then sentto the Seat of War and was present at the Fall of Petersburg andimmediately went on the Appomattox Campaign, mustering out on June 5,1865, at Alexandria, VA.When the family gathered again in November 1865, they decided to move toIllinois and, soon after, Charles married a woman from Illinois andstarted a family. Adolphe died in 1891 and his widow, Flavie, receivedher pension until she died in 1912. Charles outlived two wives and hisonly child and died in 1896.
