The Lt. C. Pennison mentioned in the OR records above is Lt. Cleophas Pennison. Lt. Pennison was my maternal great great great Uncle. He was the son of Etienne Pennison of Bayou Boeuf, La.
Lt. Pennison was a close friend and tent mate of Lt. Jared Young Sanders II of the 26th Louisiana Regiment, Co. B. The Pennison and Sanders family both had large plantations on Bayou Boeuf. The two men had grown up together and were life long friends. Lt. J. Y. Sanders II had a son, J. Y. Sanders III who would later become the Governor of Louisiana in 1908-1912.
The Young-Sanders Center was established by Miss Mary Elizabeth Sanders, the grand daughter of Governor J. Y. Sanders.
Roland R. Stansbury, Director
Young-Sanders Center
Franklin, Louisiana
(337) 413-1861