Bartlett, Napier. Military
Record of Louisiana, Including Biographical and Historical
Papers Relating to the Military Organizations of the State.
Originally published 1875. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State
University Press, 1964. The Trans-Mississippi, p. 44:
"Captain John T. Lavery, of the Orleans Cadets, was
wounded at Mansfield and died a few days after." Captain
Lavery was the commander of Company I, the Orleans Cadets, of
the 18th Regiment Louisiana Volunteers.
The 18th
Louisiana Infantry Regiment: A Brief History and Roster.
http://members.tripod.com/j_richard/18th_roster_co.i.html#G:
Lavery, John
T., 1st Lt. Capt.
Co. I, 18th La. Inf. En. June 19, 1861, New Orleans, La.
Present on all Rolls to Feb., 1862. Roll for May and June,
1862, Present. Re-elected 1st Lt., May 11, 1862. Roll for July
and Aug., 1862, Present, promoted Capt. from 1st Lt., July 23,
1862. Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1863, states present. Present or
absent not stated on Roll for May and June, 1863. Roll for
July and Aug., 1863, Absent, sick. Also appears on Rolls of
Co. H, Cons. 18th Regt. and Yellow Jacket. Battn. La. Inf.
Capt. as Lavery, J. T. Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1864. reports
present. (Mar. 1st, 1862... Pittsburg
Landing...”Lieutenant Lavery of the Orleans Cadets was shot
through the thigh, ...” Additional information transcribed
from pg. 30, Reminiscences of Uncle Silas, by
Silas T. Grisamore.)
12 July 2000 - Burial Site: De Soto Parish - Louisiana Veterans:
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