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WATKINS, Louis Douglas, soldier, born in Florida about 1835; died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 29 March, 1868. He joined the United States army as 1st lieutenant, 14th infantry, 14 Nay, 1861, was transferred to the 5th cavalry, 22 June, 1861, and became captain, 17 July, 1862, and colonel of the 20th infantry, 28 July, 1866. He received the brevets of major, 8 January, 1863, for gallant service in the expedition to east Tennessee under General Samuel P. Carter, lieutenant-colonel, 24 June, 1864, for service at Lafayette, and that of brigadier-general, 13 March, 1865. He was mustered out on 1 September, 1866.
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