List of Confederate units from Louisiana in the American Civil War

Main article: Louisiana in the American Civil War

This is a list of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units, including militia and state guard units. The list of Louisiana Union Civil War units is shown separately.

Confederate army

Infantry

  • 2nd (Dupeire's) Battalion, Zouaves
  • 3rd Battalion, Infantry (see 15th Infantry)
  • 4th Battalion, Infantry
  • 5th Battalion, Infantry (see 21st Infantry)
  • 6th Battalion, Infantry (see 20th Infantry)
  • 7th Battalion, Infantry
  • 8th Battalion, Infantry (see 8th Heavy Artillery)
  • 9th Battalion, Infantry
  • 10th Battalion, Infantry (Yellow Jackets)
  • 11th Battalion, Infantry (see Crescent Regiment)
  • 12th Battalion, Infantry (Confederate Guards Response Battalion, see Crescent Regiment)
  • 13th Battalion, Infantry (see 30th Infantry)
  • 14th (Austin's) Battalion, Sharpshooters
  • 15th (Weatherly's) Battalion, Sharpshooters
  • 30th Battalion, Infantry (after 30th Infantry was downgraded)
  • Catahoula Battalion
  • Keary's Battalion
  • Louisiana Defenders Battalion
  • Stewart's Legion

Cavalry & partisan rangers

  • 9th Battalion, Partisan Rangers
  • 13th Battalion, Partisan Rangers
  • 15th Battalion, Cavlary
  • 18th Battalion, Cavalry
  • 19th Battalion, Cavalry
  • Gober's Mounted Infantry
  • Powers' Cavalry Regiment
  • Bayliss' Battalion, Partisan Rangers
  • Breazeale's Battalion, Partisan Rangers
  • Cage's Battalion
  • Harrison's Battalion
  • Red River Scouts Battalion

Artillery

Light Artillery Battalions

Light Artillery Companies

Heavy Artillery

  • 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery
  • 2nd Battalion Heavy Artillery
  • 8th Battalion Heavy Artillery
  • 12th Battalion Heavy Artillery

Militia, state guards, and reserves

  • 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 [1]

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

See also

References

Citations

  1. ^ 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


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