WATKINS, Louis Douglass
Affiliation:
Union
Born: November 29 1833, Tallahassee FL
Died: March 29 1868, New Orleans LA
Pre-War Profession: Militia officer
War Service: April 1861 enlisted in DC Infantry, 1st Lt. in 14th US
Infantry, 2nd US Cavalry, 5th US Cavalry, Peninsula campaign, Gaines's Mill
(w), July 1862 Capt. and aide-de-camp to A.J. Smith in Kentucky, October
1862 appointed chief of Cavalry Army of Kentucky, raids into East Tennessee,
February 1863 Col. of 6th Kentucky (Union) Cavalry, commanded 3rd Bde/1st
Cavalry Divn at Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Atlanta campaign, pursued Hood
after Nashville, post commander at Louisville KY. September 1865 appointed
Brig. Gen. of Volunteers.
Post War: Army service in the infantry