Louisiana in the War of 1812

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Introduction
During the War of 1812, Louisiana supplied 7,491 infantry men, 988 cavalry men, 163 artillery men, and 1,045 men in miscellaneous troops for a total of 9,687 men.

The last battle of the War of 1812 took place in January 1815 in New Orleans. The battle happened after the war officially ended in December 1814.

Service Records

 * United States. Adjutant General's Office, Index to Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Soldiers who Served During the War of 1812 in Organizations from the State of Louisiana 1812-1815, (NARA M229)..


 * The service records are at the National Archives, Record Group 94.

Rosters

 * Pierson, Marion John Bennett, comp., Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812, ([S.l.]: Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, 1963). This is a roster of 12,500 persons in alphabetical order taken from the card files of the Adjutant General. Basically this is a comprehensive index to the the compiled service records. The USGenWeb list taken from this book gives name, rank, company and regiment or unit.


 * Troop rosters are in Powell A. Casey, Louisiana in the War of 1812 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Casey, 1963; Family History Library ).


 * Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812 on Ancestry.com ($) is a name searchable list of soldiers in the state militia during the War of 1812. Each entry includes the soldiers name, rank, company, and regiment or other unit.


 * Louisiana Miscellaneous Military Rosters, microfilm of typescript housed at the Louisiana National Guard, Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, Louisiana, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990)..

Pension Records

 * Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists with a description of records. This is alphabetical by name of the widow or veteran. For a widow, the name of her soldier husband is given. It gives the amount of money paid to the veteran or widow each quarter.


 * Louisiana State Pension Applications, War of 1812 Records consist of petitions to the court and the court proceedings proving eligibility for pension rights to soldiers of the War of 1812 and/or the Battle of New Orleans, which occurred in December 1814 and January 1815. This was a state funded pension and not a federal pension. They are arranged in alphabetical order according to the applicant. For more information, see Louisiana State Pension Applications, War of 1812 Records


 * War of 1812 Pensioners Living in Florida and Louisiana in the 1880's: and Others on the Roll Including Some Civil War Pensioners, (Wyandotte, Oklahoma: Gregath, [199-?] ).

Histories

 * Casey, Powell A.,Lousiana in the War of 1812, (Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1963).


 * Riffel, Judy: Genealogical selections from the acts of the Louisiana legislature, 1804-1879 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Comité des Archives de la Louisiane, c2005).

Other Sources
Books


 * Miscellaneous Louisiana Militia Records, 1808, 1814-1828, (microfilm of original records at the Louisiana National Guard, Jackson Barracks, New Orleans). These records include the following: Roster of officers of the militia, Orleans Territory, 1808; Louisiana military campaign, a History of Concordia Parish, by R. D. Calhoun, 1814-1815. Orleans battalion of volunteers, 1814-1815. Louisiana Legion, 1803. Consolidated companies, 1815-1828. Organizations of militia, 1815-1828. Unidentified appendices. List of Kentuckians in the Battle of New Orleans, p. 179-202.