The
Civil War
1861 - 1865
Members of Boone's Battery - Fought at Port Hudson and Mansura, Louisiana:
- A. Ducote ( Alphonse or Avit? ) - Enlisted at Marksville August 15, 1863. Present February 29, 1864
- Bruno Ducote - Enlisted in Boone's Battery March 1, 1862 at Avoyelles. He was paroled at Port Hudson and was present on February 29, 1864. Bruno married Emelia Laborde on March 30, 1869.
- G. Ducote - Admitted to CSA Hospital in Shreveport, Louisiana April 6, 1864. Was back in service October 28, 1864.
- St. Ville Ducote ( Sainville ) - Enlisted July 7, 1863 at Marksville. Pvt. 2nd Field Battery La Lt. Artillery. Admitted to CSA Hospital in Shreveport April 4, 1865. He died December 21, 1905. Buried at Mater Dolorosa, Plaucheville. His widow at the time was Sidonia J Ducote.
Members of the 18th Louisiana:
- Norbert Ducote - Company D - born about 1837.
- R. Ducote - Company I - born about 1837.
- Zelien Ducote - Company D - born about 1828.
- Valerin Ducote - Company A - born about 1831.
Various other units:
- Jerome Ducote - La Heavy Artillery - Company I - born about 1832.
- Louis J Ducote - Enlisted at Baton Rouge October 4, 1861 - 1st Regiment Louisiana Cavalry - Company G - born about 1842. He was captured at Big Hill, Kentucky August 4, 1863. He was in Military Prison in Louisville, Kentucky - Camp Chase, Ohio - Fort Delaware, Delaware - Sent to City Point, Virginia March 7, 1865. He was finally paroled at Alexandria, Louisiana June 26, 1865. Louis had made Corporal. His brother-in-law Oliver Perry Edwards was also captured at Big Hill, Kentucky and was sent to the same prisons.
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