youngest child (son) of Louis Azael Latil & Maria Carmelite Ruiz
19 Apr 1897 Marriage to Mary E. Sullivan in New Orleans, LA
THE ADVOCATE, Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, September 4, 1928, pg. 1:
"AGED CIVIL WAR VETERAN PASSES AWAY MONDAY. Louis Latil was one of few who remembered surrendering of Old L. S. U. Barracks.
Louis Latil, 85-year old Confederate veteran passed away at his home at 1030 Florida street, at 11:15 yesterday morning after an illness which had confined him to his bed intermittently for a period of about 15 months.
Funeral services will be at St. Joseph's Catholic church this afternoon at 5 o'clock with interment at the Catholic cemetery on Main street.
Mr. Latil who was born and reared in Baton Rouge, was one of the oldest Confederate veterans of Camp No. 17 of the United Confederate Veterans. Although he had not enlisted at the time, Mr. Latil remembered distinctly the surrendering of the old Louisiana State University barracks by Major Haskin of the Union forces to Governor Moore of Louisiana in 1861.
Mr. Latil enlisted in the Confederate army in March, 1862, and was given his discharge papers at Clinton, La., in May, 1865, after serving throughout the war.
When the Confederate monument placed on the old L.S.U. campus this spring, Mr. Latil was present and aided in the unveiling ceremonies.
Mr. Latil is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters and three grandchildren, all of whom reside in this city. They are: Mrs. Beatrice Hunt, Mrs. T. J. Carpenter, Teddy Latil, Sterling Latil, Amiss Hunt, Elizabeth Carpenter and Donald Louis Latil."
Suggested edit: Married Mary Edna Sullivan in New Orleans 19 Apr 1897.
Enlisted Mar 1863; captured at Baton Rouge 17 Feb 1863 and paroled. Captured at Port Hudson where he was wounded; paroled 8 Jul 1863. He was selected to unveil Baton Rouge's Confederate monument on North Boulevard.
He lived at 1030 Florida Street.
Contributor: Chip Landry (48351189) • [email protected]
19 Apr 1897 Marriage to Mary E. Sullivan in New Orleans, LA
THE ADVOCATE, Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, September 4, 1928, pg. 1:
"AGED CIVIL WAR VETERAN PASSES AWAY MONDAY. Louis Latil was one of few who remembered surrendering of Old L. S. U. Barracks.
Louis Latil, 85-year old Confederate veteran passed away at his home at 1030 Florida street, at 11:15 yesterday morning after an illness which had confined him to his bed intermittently for a period of about 15 months.
Funeral services will be at St. Joseph's Catholic church this afternoon at 5 o'clock with interment at the Catholic cemetery on Main street.
Mr. Latil who was born and reared in Baton Rouge, was one of the oldest Confederate veterans of Camp No. 17 of the United Confederate Veterans. Although he had not enlisted at the time, Mr. Latil remembered distinctly the surrendering of the old Louisiana State University barracks by Major Haskin of the Union forces to Governor Moore of Louisiana in 1861.
Mr. Latil enlisted in the Confederate army in March, 1862, and was given his discharge papers at Clinton, La., in May, 1865, after serving throughout the war.
When the Confederate monument placed on the old L.S.U. campus this spring, Mr. Latil was present and aided in the unveiling ceremonies.
Mr. Latil is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters and three grandchildren, all of whom reside in this city. They are: Mrs. Beatrice Hunt, Mrs. T. J. Carpenter, Teddy Latil, Sterling Latil, Amiss Hunt, Elizabeth Carpenter and Donald Louis Latil."
Suggested edit: Married Mary Edna Sullivan in New Orleans 19 Apr 1897.
Enlisted Mar 1863; captured at Baton Rouge 17 Feb 1863 and paroled. Captured at Port Hudson where he was wounded; paroled 8 Jul 1863. He was selected to unveil Baton Rouge's Confederate monument on North Boulevard.
He lived at 1030 Florida Street.
Contributor: Chip Landry (48351189) • [email protected]
youngest child (son) of Louis Azael Latil & Maria Carmelite Ruiz
19 Apr 1897 Marriage to Mary E. Sullivan in New Orleans, LA
THE ADVOCATE, Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, September 4, 1928, pg. 1:
"AGED CIVIL WAR VETERAN PASSES AWAY MONDAY. Louis Latil was one of few who remembered surrendering of Old L. S. U. Barracks.
Louis Latil, 85-year old Confederate veteran passed away at his home at 1030 Florida street, at 11:15 yesterday morning after an illness which had confined him to his bed intermittently for a period of about 15 months.
Funeral services will be at St. Joseph's Catholic church this afternoon at 5 o'clock with interment at the Catholic cemetery on Main street.
Mr. Latil who was born and reared in Baton Rouge, was one of the oldest Confederate veterans of Camp No. 17 of the United Confederate Veterans. Although he had not enlisted at the time, Mr. Latil remembered distinctly the surrendering of the old Louisiana State University barracks by Major Haskin of the Union forces to Governor Moore of Louisiana in 1861.
Mr. Latil enlisted in the Confederate army in March, 1862, and was given his discharge papers at Clinton, La., in May, 1865, after serving throughout the war.
When the Confederate monument placed on the old L.S.U. campus this spring, Mr. Latil was present and aided in the unveiling ceremonies.
Mr. Latil is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters and three grandchildren, all of whom reside in this city. They are: Mrs. Beatrice Hunt, Mrs. T. J. Carpenter, Teddy Latil, Sterling Latil, Amiss Hunt, Elizabeth Carpenter and Donald Louis Latil."
Suggested edit: Married Mary Edna Sullivan in New Orleans 19 Apr 1897.
Enlisted Mar 1863; captured at Baton Rouge 17 Feb 1863 and paroled. Captured at Port Hudson where he was wounded; paroled 8 Jul 1863. He was selected to unveil Baton Rouge's Confederate monument on North Boulevard.
He lived at 1030 Florida Street.
Contributor: Chip Landry (48351189) • [email protected]
19 Apr 1897 Marriage to Mary E. Sullivan in New Orleans, LA
THE ADVOCATE, Baton Rouge, La., Tuesday, September 4, 1928, pg. 1:
"AGED CIVIL WAR VETERAN PASSES AWAY MONDAY. Louis Latil was one of few who remembered surrendering of Old L. S. U. Barracks.
Louis Latil, 85-year old Confederate veteran passed away at his home at 1030 Florida street, at 11:15 yesterday morning after an illness which had confined him to his bed intermittently for a period of about 15 months.
Funeral services will be at St. Joseph's Catholic church this afternoon at 5 o'clock with interment at the Catholic cemetery on Main street.
Mr. Latil who was born and reared in Baton Rouge, was one of the oldest Confederate veterans of Camp No. 17 of the United Confederate Veterans. Although he had not enlisted at the time, Mr. Latil remembered distinctly the surrendering of the old Louisiana State University barracks by Major Haskin of the Union forces to Governor Moore of Louisiana in 1861.
Mr. Latil enlisted in the Confederate army in March, 1862, and was given his discharge papers at Clinton, La., in May, 1865, after serving throughout the war.
When the Confederate monument placed on the old L.S.U. campus this spring, Mr. Latil was present and aided in the unveiling ceremonies.
Mr. Latil is survived by his wife, two sons, two daughters and three grandchildren, all of whom reside in this city. They are: Mrs. Beatrice Hunt, Mrs. T. J. Carpenter, Teddy Latil, Sterling Latil, Amiss Hunt, Elizabeth Carpenter and Donald Louis Latil."
Suggested edit: Married Mary Edna Sullivan in New Orleans 19 Apr 1897.
Enlisted Mar 1863; captured at Baton Rouge 17 Feb 1863 and paroled. Captured at Port Hudson where he was wounded; paroled 8 Jul 1863. He was selected to unveil Baton Rouge's Confederate monument on North Boulevard.
He lived at 1030 Florida Street.
Contributor: Chip Landry (48351189) • [email protected]
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