Welcome to Gente, Marilyn
I wonder if this could refer to your Fortunato
U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865
Name: Fortunato Zannetti
Side: Confederate
Regiment State/Origin: Louisiana
Regiment Name: 6 Regiment European Brigade (Italian Guards Battalion), Louisiana Militia
Regiment Name Expanded: 6th Regiment, European Brigade, Louisiana Militia (Italian Guards Battalion)
Company: 2
Film Number: M378 roll 31
Check this link out which lists members of the Italian Guards Battalion; in this list, his name is spelled Zanetti. These were all Italian residents of New Orleans.
www.ustica.org/genealo...rigade.htm
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