Comments on: L. D., Co. B, 7th Louisiana Infantry, On the Battle http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/l-d-co-b-7th-louisiana-infantry-on-the-battle/ A Journal of the Digitization of a Civil War Battle Tue, 14 May 2013 19:21:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Harry Smeltzer http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/l-d-co-b-7th-louisiana-infantry-on-the-battle/#comment-22077 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 19:54:35 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9370#comment-22077 Thanks for the flesh-out, Greg!

]]> By: greg macaluso http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2011/10/21/l-d-co-b-7th-louisiana-infantry-on-the-battle/#comment-22073 Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:41:24 +0000 http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/?p=9370#comment-22073 This man is Lawrence Laith Ducat, a 29 year old unmarried Englishman, a New Orleans resident working as a clerk. He enlisted in the Crescent Rifles Co B and was transfered to Confederate service at Camp Moore La on 6/7/1861 and joined Co. H of the 7th La Infantry. He was promoted 3rd Sgt of the company in 9/1861 and promoted 1st Sgt of the company 9/24/1861. He was WIA & POW 9/17/1862 at Sharpsburg Md. (GSW to left arm and both hips). He was sent to the USA Gen Hosp at Frederick, Md, 10/4/1862, then on to Ft McHenry, Md and on to Ft Monroe, Va 12/29/1862. He ws absent WIA & POW until 4/1863 whe he was promoted, for valor, to 1st Lt of Co, C. He was in command of Co. C thru 8/31/1863 when he waas put on wounded furlough thru 8/1864.. On 8/6/64 he was temporarily assigned per Special Order 135 paragraph XIII of the A & IGO to General G.J. Rains of the Confederate Bureau. On 2/11/1865 he was transfered to the Invalid Corps as 1st Lt.. On 5/11/1865 he was paroled at Meridian, Miss.

The Lt. Knox mentioned in the article was Andrew E. Knox of Company H 7th La.

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