List of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units

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This is a list of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units. The list of Louisiana Union Civil War units is shown separately.

Confederate army

Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Louisiana state seal belt buckle with musket. From the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs
4th Louisiana Infantry Regimental Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park
Photo shows a tall, white column, with a torch at the top.
Louisiana monument at Vicksburg National Military Park

Infantry

The following list includes infantry regiments and battalions.[1]

Cavalry

Partisan Rangers

  • 13th Battalion (Partisan Rangers)

Artillery

Light Artillery Battalions

Light Artillery Companies

Heavy Artillery

Confederate veteran Major Eugene Wythe Baylor of Co. C, 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery Regiment and Quartermaster's Dept. Confederate States Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress
  • 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery
  • 2nd Battalion Heavy Artillery
  • 8th Battalion Heavy Artillery
  • 12th Battalion Heavy Artillery

Militia

Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Crescent City Guards of New Orleans kepi
  • 1st Chasseurs a pied, Militia
  • 1st Native Guards, Militia
  • Assumption Regiment, Militia
  • Beauregard Regiment, Militia
  • Cazadores Espanoles Regiment, Militia
  • Chalmette Regiment, Militia
  • Claiborne Regiment, Militia
  • Confederate Guards Regiment, Militia
  • Continental Regiment, Militia
  • Irish Regiment, Militia
  • La Fourche Regiment, Militia
  • Orleans Fire Regiment, Militia
  • Orleans Guards Regiment, Militia
  • Pointe Coupee Light Infantry, Militia
  • Pointe Coupee Regiment, Militia
  • St. James Regiment, Militia
  • St. Martin's Regiment, Militia
  • Terrebonne Regiment, Militia
  • Vermillion Regiment, Militia
  • Louisiana Legion
  • Algiers Battalion, Militia
  • Battalion British Fusileers, Militia
  • Battalion French Volunteers, Militia
  • Beauregard Battalion, Militia
  • Bragg's Battalion, Militia
  • British Guard Battalion, Militia
  • Jackson Rifle Battalion, Militia
  • Leeds' Guards Battalion, Militia
  • Barr's Independent Company (Blakesley Guards), Militia
  • Brenan's Company (Company A, Shamrock Guards), Militia
  • Delery's Company (St. Bernard Horse Rifles), Militia
  • French Company of St. James, Militia
  • Knap's Company (Fausse River Guards), Militia
  • Lartigue's Company (Bienville Guards), Militia
  • Cavalry Squadron (Independent Rangers of Iberville), Militia
  • Cagnolatti's Company, Cavalry (Chasseurs of Jefferson), Militia
  • Continental Cadets, Militia
  • Crescent Cadets, Militia
  • Lewis Guards, Militia
  • Mechanics Guard, Militia
  • Mounted Rangers of Plaquemines, Militia
  • Squadron Guides d'Orleans, Militia
  • St. John the Baptist Reserve Guards, Militia
  • Lafayette Artillery, Militia
  • McPherson's Battery (Orleans Howitzers), Militia

1st Division

1st Brigade

  • 3rd Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Militia
  • 4th Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Militia

2nd Brigade

  • 1st Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Militia
  • 2nd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Militia
  • 3rd Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Militia
  • 4th Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Militia

3rd Brigade

  • 1st Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Militia
  • 2nd Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Militia
  • 3rd Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Militia
  • 4th Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Militia

European Brigade

  • 1st Regiment, European Brigade, Militia
  • 3rd Regiment, European Brigade (Garde Francaise), Militia
  • 4th Regiment, European Brigade, Militia
  • 5th Regiment, European Brigade (Spanish Regiment), Militia
  • 6th Regiment, European Brigade (Italian Guards Battalion), Militia
  • First Slavonian Rifles, Militia
  • Second Slavonian Rifles, Militia
  • Cognevich Company, Militia [4]

French Brigade

  • 1st Regiment, French Brigade, Militia
  • 2nd Regiment, French Brigade, Militia
  • 3rd Regiment, French Brigade, Militia
  • 4th Regiment, French Brigade, Militia

State Guards

  • 1st Battalion Infantry (State Guards)
  • 1st Battalion, Cavalry (State Guards)
  • 2nd Battalion, Cavalry (State Guards)

Reserves

  • 1st Reserves
  • 2nd Reserve Corps

Misc

  • Bickham's Company (Caddo Militia)
  • Bonnabel Guards, Militia
  • Borge's Company (Garnet Rangers), Militia
  • Catahoula Battalion
  • Conscripts, Louisiana
  • Dubecq's Company, Cavalry
  • Fire Battalion, Militia
  • Herrick's Company (Orleans Blues)
  • Jeff Davis Regiment, Infantry
  • Lewis Regiment
  • Lott's Company (Carroll Dragoons), Cavalry
  • Louisiana and Government Employees Regiment
  • Maddox's Regiment, Reserve Corps
  • Miles' Legion
    • Infantry Battalion
    • Cavalry Battalion
  • Millaudon's Company (Jefferson Mounted Guards)
  • Miller's Independent Company, Mounted Rifles
  • Ordnance Detachment
  • Pelican Regiment, Infantry
  • Red River Sharp Shooters
  • Reserve Corps
  • Sabine Reserves
  • Siege Train Battalion
  • Watkins' Battalion, Reserve Corps
  • Weatherly's Battalion, Infantry

Artillery

  • Beauregard Battalion Battery, Artillery
  • Castellanos' Battery, Artillery
  • Guyol's (Captain) Company (Orleans Artillery), Artillery
  • Kean's Battery (Orleans Independent Artillery), Artillery

Cavalry

  • Benjamin's Company, Cavalry
  • Bond's Company, Mounted Partisan Rangers
  • Cole's Company, Cavalry
  • Dreux's Cavalry, Company A
  • Greenleaf's Company (Orleans Light Horse), Cavalry
  • Norwood's Company (Jeff Davis Rangers), Cavalry
  • Nutt's Company (Red River Rangers), Cavalry
  • Plains Cavalry
  • Webb's Company, Cavalry

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ Bergeron 1996, pp. 69–173.
  2. ^ Bergeron 1996, p. 73.
  3. ^ Bergeron 1996, p. 70.
  4. ^ Vujnovich, Milos M. Yugoslavs in Louisiana. Gretna: Pelican, 1974. Print.

Bibliography

  • Bergeron, Arthur W. (1996). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861–1865. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9.
  • National Park Service Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Website