William Luce

Abt 1825 - 1863  (~ 38 years)

• Name	William Luce  [1]
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	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. He is included on the Civil War page. 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).  [2, 3]
  Died	26 Jun 1863	Louisiana
  Siblings	9 siblings
  1. John Bleecker Luce           b. 1816           d. 12 Mar 1887
  2. Edward Luce           b. 1817           d. 1819
  3. Olivia Luce           b. 9 Feb 1819, Albany, Albany Co., New York           d. 1 Aug 1892, "White Oak", Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  4. Margaret Bleecker Luce           b. 1819           d. 1882, Marion, Plymouth Co., Massachusetts
  5. Cornelius Luce           d. Yes, date unknown
  6. Edward Luce           b. 1823           d. 1824
  7. Stephen Bleecker Luce           b. 25 Mar 1827, Albany, Albany Co., New York           d. 28 Jul 1917, Newport, Newport Co., Rhode Island
  8. Catherine Elmendorf Luce           b. Washington, D.C.           d. Yes, date unknown, Washington, D.C.
  9. Jane Eliza Luce           b. 1831, New York State           d. 27 Mar 1907
  Person ID	I8539	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2018

  
  

  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)
  Married	13 Apr 1815	Albany, Albany Co., New York
  Family ID	F6072	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - Abt 1825 - Albany, Albany Co., New York  Census - 1850 - Washington, D.C.  Died - 26 Jun 1863 - Louisiana   = Link to Google Earth
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• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "William Luce". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I8539&tree=1sttree (accessed July 13, 2020).