Ladislas Louis Zulavsky (1837 - 1884)

Born 9 Mar 1837 in Hungary

Ancestors

Husband of Emma Collins Norton — married 7 Nov 1866 in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States

Died 22 Apr 1884 at age 47 in Middletown, Orange, New York, United States

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Biography

• Fact: Immigration (1853) New York City, New York, United States
• Fact: Naturalization (1860) New York, United States
• Fact: Passport Application (18 Aug 1860) United States
• Fact: Residence (1870-1871) Zulavsky Ladislus L bookkpr h 51 1st pl New York, United States
• Fact: Residence (1882-1884) Zulavsky Ladislas L. clk. h 502 Clinton av Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
• Fact: Fact "A Hungarian"
• Fact: Burial Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch [Annotations by J Palotay] Civil War Union Army Officer. Born in what is now Poland [unlikely; his brothers were all born in Hungary, and his family had no reason to travel to Poland in the relevant period], his family resided in Hungary until they emigrated to the United States in 1854 [nope, he arrived with his aunt in 1853, and his parents and brothers had already been there a year by then] (his father was the brother-in-law of Hungarian revolutionary Louis Kossoth [um, more to the point, his mother was the sister of Louis Kossuth]). Just prior to the Civil War he returned to Europe and was commissioned as an officer in the Hungarian Legion in the Kingdom of Italy (which had came about through the leadership of another European revolutionary, Giuseppe Garibaldi). He served in the Legion until December 1862, which by this time his adopted country had been in the throes of the Civil War for a year and a half. In January 1863 he returned to the United States [nope, he and his brother Emil arrived 29 Dec 1862] and offered his services to the Union Army. He was first commissioned as an aide-de-camp to Brigadier General Alexander S. Asboth, another Hungarian expatriate. When the 82nd United States Colored Infantry was recruited in 1864, he was commissioned first as Lieutenant Colonel, then as Colonel and commander of the regiment. He led the unit first in Louisiana, then in operations in Florida out of Fort Barrancas, Pensacola. During an expedition to Marianna, Florida, to capture Confederates on September 27, 1864 he assumed brigade command after General Asboth was wounded in action, and directed the fighting during the battle there. He would go onto lead the 82nd United States Colored Infantry through the rest of the war, commanding the unit as it participated in the siege and capture of Fort Blakely, Alabama in April 1865. After the war's end Colonel Zulavsky would continue to command the 82nd USCI in occupation duty in Florida until he was honorably mustered out on September 1866. He would become a cotton farmer and dealer in Georgia after the war, and participate in veterans affairs, but his mental health deteriorated, and he was confined to the New York State Asylum for the Insane in Middletown, New York, where he died in 1884.

Sources

• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891: Steamship Baltic, 27th June 1853

Susan Meszeleyn, 35, female, , Hungary, United States

Gizele Meszeleyn, 11, ", , ", "

Helen Meszeleyn, 10, ", , ", "

Ladislas Zsulauszky, 16, Male, , ", "

• New York, County Naturalization Records, 1791-1980 - New York - Naturalization index no date Wolff, M-Zysman, S - Image 5443 of 5833

Family Name: Zsulavsky, Given Name or Names: Ladislaus L

Title and location of court: Superior Court, New York County

Date of Naturalization Aug. 18 1860, Volume or Bundle 107, Page -, Copy of Record No. 258

Address of Naturalized Person B'klyn., Kings co.

Occupation -, Birth Date or Age -, Former Nationality Emperor of Austria

Port of Arrival -, Date of Arrival -

Witnesses 1. Henry D. Sedgwick NYC

note that New York Naturalization Index (Soundex), 1792-1906 - Roll 293, Z200-Z520 (Zweig, Jacob-Zwing, Xaver) - Image 2964 of 5120 appears to be the same card, except now with Z 412 written in the top right corner.

• United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925 - (M1372) Passport Applications, 1795-1905 - Roll 92, vol 199-200, 1860 Sep-Nov - Image 224 of 1183

Sept. 18. I, Edward Bissell, a Notary Public, ... Do hereby Certify ... before me personally appeared Ladislaus Louis Zsulavsky, an American Citizen,

Age, twenty Four years,

Stature, Five feet and 9 inches high, English measure.

Forehead, Broad

Eyes, Blue

Nose, large + roman

Mouth, Medium

Chin, [large crossed out] round

Hair, Brown

Complexion, Fair

Face, Oval

[next to all this:] ?a?? ? New York City. August 18. 1860

who being by me duly and solemnly sworn, did depose and say, that he is a naturalized Citizen of the United States of America, and was born in Hungary, in Europe, and that he is about to travel in Foreign Countries and especially on the continent of Europe ---

And that the above description of his Person is correct and that the fore going Declaration of his is in all respects correct and true (over)

Image 225 of 1183

Ladislaus Louis Zsulavsky

In Testimony Whereof, the said deponents have hereunto subscribed their names, and I, the said Notary Public, have hereunto set my hand ... this Seventeenth day of September in the year of our Lord, one thousand eight hundred and sixty.

Edward Bissell

Box 1637. Post Office

to whom please send Passport for said Ladislaus Louis Zsulavsky by return of mail.

• New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1891: SS "Glasgow", from Liverpool via Queensland, arr. Dec 29 1862

Cabin Passengers

8. Mr. Emill Zsulavszky, 28, M, Merchant, America, United States

9. Mr. Ladeslas Zsulavszky, 26, M, Merchant, America, United States

• Ladislas L. Zulavsky in American Civil War Research Database

• Brooklyn city directory, City directories, 1870-1871: Ladislus L Zulavsky Zulavsky Ladislus L bookkpr h 51 1st pl
• Brooklyn city directory, City directories, 1882-1884: Ladislas L Zulavsky Zulavsky Ladislas L. clk. h 502 Clinton av

• Green-Wood Cemetery, Civil War Biographies, Winslow to Zulavsky

• Find A Grave: Memorial #49807850