Louisiana in the Civil War

Louisiana in the Civil War

*Squadron Guides d'Orleans, Louisiana Militia


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * Cavalry Squadron, Louisiana Militia (Independent Rangers of Iberville)


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Division, Louisiana State Troop


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, Louisiana


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, Louisiana Reserves


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, Louisiana Light Artillery


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, Louisiana Cavalry (State Guards)


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Infantry (Rightor's)


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Infantry (Wheat's)


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

1st Battalion, Louisiana Infantry (State Guards)


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Battalion, Louisiana Sharpshooters


 * 2nd Infantry Battalion [also called 1st Special Battalion or Wheat's Tigers] was formed at Camp Walker, near New Orleans, Louisiana, in May, 1861
 * During the summer of 1862 the battalion disbanded.


 * 1st Regiment, Louisiana Zouaves 1st Regular Artillery Regiment was organized during the spring of 1861.


 * On May 4, 1865, the unit surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East


 * 1st Regiment, Chasseurs a pied, Louisiana Militia 1st Cavalry Regiment,


 * organized at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during the late summer of 1861.


 * In March, 1865, it disbanded.


 * 1st Regiment, European Brigade, Louisiana Militia 1st Regular Infantry Regiment, formerly the 1st Louisiana Militia Infantry,


 * entered Confederate service in February, 1861


 * The 1st surrendered with only 1 officer and 18 men.


 * 1st Regiment, French Brigade, Louisiana Militia 1st Regular Infantry Regiment, formerly the 1st Louisiana Militia Infantry,


 * entered Confederate service in February,
 * 1861 Only 39 men were present in November, 1864, and half that number were included in the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.


 * 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Native Guards, Louisiana Militia :

Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, 4th Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Louisiana Reserves


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Louisiana Heavy Artillery (Regulars)


 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Nelligan's)
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Strawbridge's)
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

26 1st Field Battery, Louisiana Artillery Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Battalion, R.C.D.W. Louisiana Boone's Battery
 * was formed during the summer of 1862 and in August totalled 102 men


 * It disbanded during the spring of 1865


 * 2nd Battalion, Louisiana Heavy Artillery
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Battalion, Louisiana Cavalry (State Guards)
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, French Brigade, Louisiana Militia
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

2nd Artillery Battalion
 * 2nd Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia
 * was formed at Alexandria, Louisiana, during the fall of 1863 with three companies, later increased to four.


 * It was included in the surrender on June 2, 1865.

33 2nd Artillery Battalion was formed at Alexandria, Louisiana, during the fall of 1863 with three companies, later increased to four.
 * 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry


 * It was included in the surrender on June 2, 1865


 * 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
 * 2nd Infantry Regiment [also called Louisiana Zouaves] was formed at Camp Moore in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, during the spring of 1861


 * Only 3 officers and 41 men surrendered in April, 1865.


 * 2nd Field Battery, Louisiana Light Artillery
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Louisiana Brigade
 * 3rd (Harrison's) Cavalry Regiment was organized during the winter of 1863-1864.


 * Later it skirmished in various conflicts and disbanded in May, 1865.


 * 3rd Regiment, European Brigade, Louisiana Militia (Garde Francaise)
 * 3rd (Pargoud's) Cavalry Regiment was organized during the winter of 1863-1864.


 * March, 1864, when it was redesignated the 5th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment.


 * 3rd Regiment, French Brigade, Louisiana Militia
 * 3rd (Wingfield's) Cavalry Regiment was organized during the late summer of 1864.


 * Later the battalion merged into Wingfield's 3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment


 * 3rd Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia
 * 3rd Infantry Regiment was assembled during the spring of 1861.


 * Early in 1865 the 3rd disbanded.


 * 3rd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia
 * Benton's Battery [also called the Bell Battery] was organized in Madison Parish, Louisiana, during August, 1862, and entered Confederate service in September.


 * During the spring of 1865 it disbanded.


 * 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Harrison's)
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Wingfield's)
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 3rd Battery, Louisiana Light Artillery (Benton's)
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, European Brigade, Louisiana Militia
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, French Brigade, Louisiana Militia
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Louisiana Militia
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 4th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry
 * 4th Cavalry Regiment was mustered into Confederate service in February, 1864.


 * The unit disbanded during the spring of 1865.


 * 4th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
 * 4th Infantry Regiment, organized at New Orleans, Louisiana in April, 1861.


 * The 4th was included in the surrender on May 4, 1865.


 * 4th Field Battery, Louisiana Artillery
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 5th Regiment, European Brigade, Louisiana Militia (Spanish Regiment)
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 5th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry
 * 5th Cavalry Regiment [also called 4th Regiment] was formed in March, 1864.


 * During the spring of 1865 it disbanded.


 * 5th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
 * 5th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at New Orleans, Louisiana, in May, 1861
 * Only 1 officer and 18 men surrendered in April, 1865.


 * 5th Field Battery, Louisiana Artillery (Pelican Light Artillery)
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 6th Regiment, European Brigade, Louisiana Militia (Italian Guards Battalion)
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 6th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry
 * 6th Cavalry Regiment was assembled near Minden, Louisiana, in January, 1864
 * In March, 1865, the regiment was patrolling along the west bank of the Mississippi River, then disbanded.


 * 6th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
 * 6th Infantry Regiment was organized in May, 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana.
 * There were 89 captured at Rappahannock Station. Only 4 officers and 48 men surrendered.


 * 6th Field Battery, Louisiana Light Artillery (Grosse Tete Flying Artillery)
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 7th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry
 * 7th Infantry Battalion [also called St.Paul's Foot Rifles] was organized before the war and entered Confederate service during the summer of 1861.




 * 7th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 7th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
 * 7th Infantry Regiment [also called the Pelican Regiment] was organized in May, 1861, and entered Confederate service at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in June
 * It surrendered with no officers and 42 men.


 * 8th Battalion, Louisiana Heavy Artillery
 * 8th Artillery Battalion was organized during the early spring of 1862 with men from the New Orleans area.


 * The battalion served at Forts Gaines and Morgan, and in August, 1864, most were captured. The unit no longer existed.


 * 8th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 8th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
 * 8th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in June, 1861.


 * Only 3 officers and 54 men surrendered.


 * 9th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry
 * 9th Infantry Battalion [also called 17th Battalion] was formed at Camp Moore, Louisiana, during March, 1862.


 * The unit was captured in the fight for Port Hudson. After being exchanged, it was not reorganized.


 * 9th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, Louisiana Militia
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.


 * 9th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry
 * Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

73 9th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 9th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in May, 1861Only 4 officers and 64 men surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia.

74 10th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry 10th Infantry Battalion [also called Yellow Jacket Battalion] was organized during the fall of 1862.

The winter of 1863-1864. It then merged into the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment.

75 10th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 10th Infantry Regiment was assembled at Camp Moore, Louisiana, during June and July, 1861.

On April 9, 1865, only 4 officers and 13 men surrendered.

76 11th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry 11th Infantry Battalion was formed during the summer of 1862.

In August, 1863, it contained about 300 effectives and merged into the Crescent Louisiana Infantry Regiment.

77 11th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 11th Infantry Regiment was organized at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in July, 1861.

Many of its members were transferred to the 13th and 20th Louisiana Infantry Regiments, and the 14th (Austin's) Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters.

78 12th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

79 12th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 12th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in August, 1861.

Surrendered with only a remnant on April 26, 1865.

80 13th Battalion, Louisiana Partisan Rangers 3th Cavalry Battalion [also called 13th Battalion Partisan Rangers] was organized during the spring of 1862. The unit skirmished in Louisiana until the winter 1863-1864 when it merged into Pargoud's 3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment.

81 13th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

82 13th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 13th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in August, 1861, at Camp Moore, Louisiana.

Surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.

83 13th/20th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

84 14th Battalion, Louisiana Sharpshooters (Austin's) 14th Battalion Sharpshooters was organized during the late summer of 1862 with three companies. It was formed with men from the 11th Louisiana Infantry Regiment.

About 25 surrendered on May 4, 1865.

85 14th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

86 14th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 14th Infantry Regiment, formerly Sulakowski's 13th (1st) Regiment Polish Birgade, was organized at New Orleans, Louisiana, in August, 1861.

Only 2 officers and 25 men surrendered.

87 15th Battalion, Louisiana Sharpshooters (Weatherly's) Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

88 15th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry

15th Infantry Regiment [also called 2nd Regiment Polish Brigade] was organized near Richmond, Virginia, in July, 1862, by consolidating the 3rd and part of the 7th Louisiana Infantry Battalions.

When the unit surrendered, only 2 officers and 17 men were present.

89 16th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry (Confederate Guards Response Battalion) Confederate Guards Response Battalion [also called 12th or 16th Battalion] was organized during the early spring of 1862.

During the summer of 1863 it merged into the Crescent Louisiana Infantry Regiment.

90 16th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 16th Infantry Regiment, organized during the fall of 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana,It surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.

91 17th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 17th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in September, 1861.

Early in 1865 it disbanded.

92 18th Battalion, Louisiana Cavalry 18th Cavalry Battalion [also called 10th Battalion] was organized in November, 1864.

It was included in the surrender on May 4, 1865.

93 18th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 18th Infantry Regiment completed its organization during the late summer of 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana.

The regiment disbanded during the early spring of 1865.

94 18th Regiment Consolidated and Yellow Jacket Battalion, Louisiana Infantry Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

95 19th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 19th Infantry Regiment completed its organization in October, 1861, at Camp Moore, Louisiana.

It had 201 fit for duty in November, 1864 and surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.

96 20th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 20th Infantry Regiment [often times called the Lovell Regiment] was assembled and mustered into Confederate service at Camp Lewis, Louisiana, in February, 1862.

The 20th had 59 effectives in November, 1864 and surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.

97 21st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Kennedy's) Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.

98 21st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Patton's) 21st Infantry Regiment was formed in January, 1862, and mustered into Confederate service in February.

After the exchange in December, 1863, only 69 men were present. It was not reorganized.

99 21st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry Units of the Confederate States Army" by Joseph H. Crute, Jr. contains no history for this unit.