1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate)
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The 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in
Formation
The 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment organized at
During the course of the war, about 960 men were enrolled in the regiment.[2] There were 10 companies named A–K, excluding J. The original Company B led by Captain Camille E. Girardey was detached as artillery on 5 July 1861 and replaced by a new Company B.[3] The artillery unit became known as the Louisiana Guard Battery.[4] The original Company C led by Captain Francis Rawle transferred to the 1st Louisiana Infantry Battalion on 16 July 1861 and was replaced by a new Company C. The original Company H led by Captain Ben M. Anderson transferred to the 1st Kentucky Infantry Regiment and was replaced by a new Company H on 6 March 1862. The second Company H led by Captain Andrew Brady transferred to the 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment on 22 May 1862 and was replaced by a third Company H on 27 June 1862.[5]
Company | Nickname | Captains | Recruitment Parish |
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A | Caddo Rifles | Charles Dailee (x) Alex Boarman |
Caddo |
B | Red River Rebels | James C. Wise (x) J. P. Groves (m-Monocacy) |
Rapides |
C | Slocumb Rifles | Robert W. Armistead (d) James E. Armorer |
Orleans
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D | Emmet Guards | James Nelligan (p) Albert N. Cummings |
Orleans |
E | Montgomery Guards | Michael Nolan (p) Michael B. Gillmore (k-Oak Grove) Thomas Rice |
Orleans |
F | Orleans Light Guards, Co. D | P. R. O'Rorke (x) Samuel H. Snowden (p) James Dillon (r) |
Orleans |
G | Orleans Light Guards, Co. B | Thomas M. Deane (x) Edward D. Willett |
Orleans |
H | Shreveport Greys | William E. Moore | Caddo |
I | Orleans Light Guards, Co. A | Charles E. Cormier (p) Joseph Taylor |
Orleans |
K | Orleans Light Guards, Co. C | Charles Frost (r) William L. Randall (r) Louis W. McLaughlin |
Orleans |
- Key: d = died, k = killed, m = mortally wounded, p = promoted, r = resigned, x = dropped on 28 April 1862.
Service
1861–1862
In 1861, the 1st Louisiana Infantry traveled to
On 26 July 1862, the 1st Louisiana Infantry was transferred to the 2nd Louisiana Brigade, together with the 1st Louisiana Zouave Battalion and the 2nd Louisiana, 9th Louisiana, 10th Louisiana, and 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiments.[6] The 2nd Louisiana Brigade, led by Colonel Leroy Augustus Stafford arrived after the major fighting ended in the Battle of Cedar Mountain on 9 August. The brigade sustained losses of 4 killed and 20 wounded from artillery and skirmisher fire that evening.[10] In the Second Battle of Bull Run on 28–30 August 1862, the brigade was led by Brigadier General William E. Starke and was part of a division commanded by Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro. Since Taliaferro was wounded on 28 August, Starke assumed command of the division.[11] Colonel Stafford of the 9th Louisiana took charge of the brigade, which sustained losses of 110 killed, 269 wounded, and 6 missing during the fighting.[12] On 30 August, the 2nd Louisiana Brigade successfully defended the unfinished railroad embankment against the attacks of the Union V Corps. The brigade engaged in a furious struggle with Federal soldiers that reached as far as the opposite side of the embankment, only 15 yd (14 m) away. When ammunition ran low, some Louisianans began throwing rocks at their adversaries.[13]
Company H of the 1st Louisiana Infantry was disbanded on 5 September 1862.[6] Starke's brigade went into the Battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862 with about 650 men and suffered losses of 70 killed and 204 wounded. The 1st Louisiana Infantry lost 14 killed and 49 wounded.[14] At about 7 am, Starke's and another brigade charged toward Miller's Corn Field. Immediately, Starke was hit by four bullets and killed. The charge was stopped by intense Federal rifle and artillery fire.[15] In the Battle of Fredericksburg on 13 December 1862, the regiment sustained losses of only a few men wounded.[6] After Fredericksburg, the 1st Zouave Battalion was permanently detached from the brigade.[16]
1863–1865
Brigadier General
On 15 June at the
The 1st Louisiana Infantry fought at the Battle of the Wilderness on 5 May 1864.[6] The brigade was led by Brigadier General Stafford and was part of Johnson's division and Ewell's Second Corps.[22] According to historian Gordon C. Rhea, Stafford's Louisiana brigade had earned a reputation for drinking, pillaging, and hard fighting.[23] Stafford's brigade helped repel Union V Corps attacks at Saunders' Field between 1 and 3 pm on 5 May.[24] In see-saw fighting in dense woods around 3:30 pm, the Stonewall Brigade on Stafford's right was driven back by Union VI Corps troops that then rushed into the gap between the two brigades. Stafford's soldiers were forced to retreat in confusion. Soon after giving the order to fall back, Stafford was fatally shot through the spine. The other Louisiana brigade under Brigadier General Harry T. Hays' was sent from the reserve to help, but it was also mauled in the fighting.[25]
The brigade fought in the
In December 1864, the regiment returned from the
See also
- List of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units
- Louisiana in the Civil War
Notes
- ^ Bergeron 1989, pp. 71–72.
- ^ a b Bergeron 1989, p. 74.
- ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 72.
- ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 33.
- ^ a b Bergeron 1989, pp. 72–73.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Bergeron 1989, p. 73.
- ^ Sears 2001, p. 390.
- ^ Sears 2001, p. 186.
- ^ Sears 2001, p. 324.
- ^ Official Records 1885, p. 224.
- ^ Hennessy 1999, p. 564.
- ^ Battles & Leaders 1956, p. 500.
- ^ Hennessy 1999, pp. 341–359.
- ^ Priest 1989, p. 328.
- ^ Priest 1989, pp. 49–52.
- ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 153.
- ^ Sears 1996, p. 499.
- ^ Sears 1996, p. 298.
- ^ Sears 1996, p. 329.
- ^ Sears 1996, p. 343.
- ^ Trudeau 2002, pp. 588–589.
- ^ Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 183.
- ^ Rhea 1994, p. 179.
- ^ Rhea 1994, p. 146.
- ^ Rhea 1994, pp. 181–182.
- ^ Battles & Leaders 1987, pp. 130–134.
- ^ Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 499.
- ^ Battles & Leaders 1987, p. 532.
- ^ Bergeron 1989, p. 109.
References
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 2. New York, N.Y.: Castle. 1956 [1883].
- Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-572-8.
- Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. (1989). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9.
- Hennessy, John J. (1999). Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3187-X.
- Official Records (1885). "A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume XII Part II". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 224. Retrieved September 22, 2022.
- Priest, John Michael (1989). Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508466-7.
- ISBN 0-8071-1873-7.
- ISBN 0-395-87744-X.
- ISBN 0-618-12713-5.
- Trudeau, Noah Andre (2002). Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage. New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-019363-8.