Louis Douglass Watkins
Born: November 29, 1833
Birthplace: Tallahassee, Florida
Father: Claiborne Anderson Watkins 1802 – 1850
Mother: Martha Ann Gibson 1811 – 1861
Wife: Mary E. “Mollie” Rousseau 1844 – 1869
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Children:
Corporal Lovell Rousseau Watkins 1865 – 1891
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Eva Walton Watkins 1866 – 1875
Louis Douglass Watkins Jr. 1868 – 1869
(Buried: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia)
Occupation before War:
Member of National Rifles Militia in Washington, D.C.
Civil War Career:
1861 – 1862: 1st Lt. United States Army, 5th Cavalry Regiment
1862: Wounded in the Battle of Gaines Mill, Virginia
1862 – 1866: Captain United States Army, on Staff of A. J. Smith
Chief of Cavalry for Union Army of Kentucky
1863 – 1865: Colonel of 6th Kentucky Union Cavalry Regiment
Served in the fighting around Nashville, Tennessee
1863: Served in the Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
1863: Served in the Chattanooga, Tennessee Campaign
1864: Guarded the railroad in the Atlanta, Georgia Campaign
1864: Brevetted Brigadier General of Union Army Volunteers
1864: Served in the Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
1865: Union Army Post Commander in Louisville, Kentucky
1865 – 1866: Brigadier General of Union Army, Volunteers
Occupation after War:
1866 – 1868: Lt. Colonel of United States Army, 20th Infantry Regiment
1866 – 1867: Stationed in Richmond, Virginia
1867 – 1868: Stationed in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Died: March 29, 1868
Place of Death: New Orleans, Louisiana
Cause of Death: Paralysis and Congestion of the brain
Age at time of Death: 34 years old
Original Burial Place: Old Girod Street Cemetery, New Orleans, Louisiana
Final Burial Place: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
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