Main article: Louisiana in the American Civil War
This is a list of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units. The list of Louisiana Union Civil War units is shown separately.
Confederate army
Infantry
The following list includes infantry regiments and battalions.
- 1st Infantry
- 1st (Strawbridge's) Regulars Infantry
- 2nd Infantry
- 3rd Infantry
- 4th Infantry
- 5th Infantry
- 6th Infantry
- 7th Infantry
- 8th Infantry
- 9th Infantry
- 10th Infantry
- 11th Infantry
- 12th Infantry
- 13th Infantry
- 13th-20th Consolidated Infantry
- 14th Infantry
- 15th Infantry
- 16th Infantry
- 16th-25th Consolidated Infantry
- 17th Infantry
- 18th Infantry
- 18th Consolidated Infantry (merged with 10th Battalion, included in 18th Infantry)
- 19th Infantry
- 20th Infantry
- 21st (Kennedy's) Infantry
- 22nd Infantry (Patton's/Higgins', later 21st)
- 22nd (Consolidated) Infantry (included in 22nd Infantry)
- 23rd Infantry (Theard's/Herrick's, later 22nd)
- 24th Infantry (Crescent Regiment)
- Consolidated Crescent Infantry (24th Infantry merged with 11th and 12th Battalions, included in 24th Infantry)
- 25th Infantry
- 26th Infantry
- 27th Infantry
- 28th Infantry (Gray's)
- 29th Infantry (Thomas', sometimes shown as a second 28th)
- 30th Infantry
- 31st Infantry
- Miles' Legion (sometimes called the 32nd Infantry)
- 33rd Infantry (short-lived merger of 10th and 12th Infantry Battalions)
- 1st (Dreux's/Rightor's) Battalion, Infantry
- 1st (Wheat's) Special Battalion, Infantry (Louisiana Tigers)
- 3rd Battalion, Infantry (became the 15th Infantry)
- 4th Battalion, Infantry
- 5th Battalion, Infantry (became the 21st Infantry)
- 6th Battalion, Infantry (became the 20th Infantry)
- 7th Battalion, Infantry
- 8th Battalion, Infantry (became the 8th Heavy Artillery)
- 9th Battalion, Infantry
- 10th Battalion, Infantry (Yellow Jackets)
- 11th Battalion, Infantry (merged with Crescent Regiment)
- 12th Battalion, Infantry (Confederate Guards Response Battalion, merged with Crescent Regiment)
- 13th Battalion, Infantry (merged with 30th Infantry)
- 14th (Austin's) Battalion, Sharpshooters
- 15th (Weatherly's) Battalion, Sharpshooters
- 30th Battalion, Infantry (after 30th Infantry was downgraded)
- 1st (Coppens') Battalion, Zouaves (C.S. Zouave Battalion)
- 2nd (Dupeire's) Battalion, Zouaves
Cavalry
- 1st Cavalry
- 2nd Cavalry
- 3rd Cavalry
- 3rd (Harrison's) Cavalry
- 3rd (Wingfield's) Cavalry
- 4th Cavalry
- 5th Cavalry
- 6th Cavalry
- 7th Cavalry
- 8th Cavalry
- 9th (Ogden's) Cavalry
- 18th Battalion, Cavalry
Partisan Rangers
- 13th Battalion (Partisan Rangers)
Artillery
Light Artillery Battalions
- Pointe Coupee Artillery Battalion
- Washington Artillery Battalion
Light Artillery Companies
- 1st Louisiana Field Battery (St. Mary's Cannoneers)
- 1st Louisiana Regular Battery (Semmes' Battery)
- 2nd Louisiana Field Battery (Boone's Battery)
- 3rd Field Battery (Bell Battery)
- 4th Field Battery (Cameron's Battery)
- 5th Field Battery (Pelican Light Artillery)
- 5th Company, Washington Artillery (Louisiana)
- 6th Field Battery (Grosse Tete Flying Artillery)
- Bridges' Battery, Light Artillery
- Crescent Artillery, Company A (Hutton's Battery)
- Donaldsonville Louisiana Artillery (Maurin's Battery, Landry's Battery)
- Fenner's Battery
- Gibson's Battery (Miles' Artillery)
- Holmes' Battery
- King's Battery (Bull Battery)
- Louisiana Guard Battery (Green's Battery)
- Madison Louisiana Light Artillery (Moody's Battery)
- Orleans Guard Battery (LeGardeur's Battery)
- Robinson's Horse Artillery
- Watson Battery
Heavy Artillery
- 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery
- 2nd Battalion Heavy Artillery
- 8th Battalion Heavy Artillery
- 12th Battalion Heavy Artillery
Militia
- 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
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
- Bergeron 1996, pp. 69–173.
- Bergeron 1996, p. 73.
- Bergeron 1996, p. 70.
- 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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