William Luce

Abt 1825 - 1863  (38 years)

Dr. Vinal Luce

1782 - 1856  (74 years)

Birth	1782	Massachusetts
Died	1856
Family	Charlotte Bleecker           b. 1789, Albany, Albany Co., New York
Married	13 Apr 1815	Albany, Albany Co., New York
Children	1. John Bleecker Luce           b. 1816   2. Edward Luce           b. 1817 + 3. Olivia Luce           b. 9 Feb 1819, Albany, Albany Co., New York + 4. Margaret Bleecker Luce           b. 1819   5. Cornelius Luce   6. Edward Luce           b. 1823   7. William Luce           b. Abt 1825, Albany, Albany Co., New York + 8. Rear Adm. Stephen Bleecker Luce           b. 25 Mar 1827, Albany, Albany Co., New York   9. Catherine Elmendorf Luce           b. Washington, D.C.   10. Jane Eliza Luce           b. 1831, New York State

Charlotte Bleecker

1789 - 1858  (69 years)

Birth	1789	Albany, Albany Co., New York
Died	1858
Family	Dr. Vinal Luce           b. 1782, Massachusetts
Married	13 Apr 1815	Albany, Albany Co., New York
Children	1. John Bleecker Luce           b. 1816   2. Edward Luce           b. 1817 + 3. Olivia Luce           b. 9 Feb 1819, Albany, Albany Co., New York + 4. Margaret Bleecker Luce           b. 1819   5. Cornelius Luce   6. Edward Luce           b. 1823   7. William Luce           b. Abt 1825, Albany, Albany Co., New York + 8. Rear Adm. Stephen Bleecker Luce           b. 25 Mar 1827, Albany, Albany Co., New York   9. Catherine Elmendorf Luce           b. Washington, D.C.   10. Jane Eliza Luce           b. 1831, New York State

Dr. Vinal Luce

1782 - 1856  (74 years)

Birth	1782	Massachusetts
Died	1856
Family	Charlotte Bleecker           b. 1789, Albany, Albany Co., New York
Married	13 Apr 1815	Albany, Albany Co., New York
Children	1. John Bleecker Luce           b. 1816   2. Edward Luce           b. 1817 + 3. Olivia Luce           b. 9 Feb 1819, Albany, Albany Co., New York + 4. Margaret Bleecker Luce           b. 1819   5. Cornelius Luce   6. Edward Luce           b. 1823   7. William Luce           b. Abt 1825, Albany, Albany Co., New York + 8. Rear Adm. Stephen Bleecker Luce           b. 25 Mar 1827, Albany, Albany Co., New York   9. Catherine Elmendorf Luce           b. Washington, D.C.   10. Jane Eliza Luce           b. 1831, New York State

Charlotte Bleecker

1789 - 1858  (69 years)

Birth	1789	Albany, Albany Co., New York
Died	1858
Family	Dr. Vinal Luce           b. 1782, Massachusetts
Married	13 Apr 1815	Albany, Albany Co., New York
Children	1. John Bleecker Luce           b. 1816   2. Edward Luce           b. 1817 + 3. Olivia Luce           b. 9 Feb 1819, Albany, Albany Co., New York + 4. Margaret Bleecker Luce           b. 1819   5. Cornelius Luce   6. Edward Luce           b. 1823   7. William Luce           b. Abt 1825, Albany, Albany Co., New York + 8. Rear Adm. Stephen Bleecker Luce           b. 25 Mar 1827, Albany, Albany Co., New York   9. Catherine Elmendorf Luce           b. Washington, D.C.   10. Jane Eliza Luce           b. 1831, New York State

• Name	William Luce  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1825	Albany, Albany Co., New York
  Gender	Male
  Census	1850	Washington, D.C.
  aged 25, born in New York; "asst U.S. Coast Survey"
  Military Service	He was an engineer. Maria Horner Lansdale doesn't mention his unit, which I don't know either, but he was apparently in the Navy, as his brother was. He appears in the OR in a list of prisoners--specifically, among naval officers--exchanged on Sept. 21, 1862 at Aiken's Landing, VA. He was killed in the "Battle of the Hudson," near New Orleans, at the Battle of Port Hudson. General Nathaniel Banks report, preserved in the OR, mentions that he was killed during the battle (see this on the Louisiana Histories page). Maria Lansdale says, more specifically, that he was killed by a sniper on June 26, 1863. Documents relating to his capture, including a note from Gen. Banks, can be found in the Harwood Family MSS in the Civil War Collection at the Library of Congress; see MS 416 (his sister Margaret was married to Adm. Andrew Harwood). This field note book at the LOC also seems to be his.  [2, 3]
  Death	26 Jun 1863	Louisiana
  Origins
  Patriarch & Matriarch	Dr. Vinal Luce           b. 1782, Massachusetts           d. 1856  (Age 74 years)  (Father)  Charlotte Bleecker           b. 1789, Albany, Albany Co., New York           d. 1858  (Age 69 years)  (Mother)
  Person ID	I8539
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Dr. Vinal Luce           b. 1782, Massachusetts           d. 1856 (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Charlotte Bleecker           b. 1789, Albany, Albany Co., New York           d. 1858 (Age 69 years)
  Marriage	13 Apr 1815	Albany, Albany Co., New York

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Abt 1825 - Albany, Albany Co., New York  Census - 1850 - Washington, D.C.  Death - 26 Jun 1863 - Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents	2 Documents
  	General Nathaniel Banks' Report on Port Hudson Banks was the Union General at the battle; this is his official report to Secretary of War Stanton on the siege (and later action in Texas) taken from the Official Records (Series 1, vol. 26, part 1)
  	John S.C. Abbott, "Heroic Deeds of Heroic Men, Pt. IV: The Siege and Capture of Port Hudson" From vol. 30 of Harper's Magazine (Dec. 1864-May, 1865), 425-439

  
  

  Histories	3 Histories

  
  

• Reference

  Pitard, D. "William Luce". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I8539&tree=1sttree (accessed April 28, 2025).