Louisiana
Secession flag
1st Louisiana cavalry
2nd Louisiana cavalry
14th Louisiana infantry regiment
Washington Artillery
Bienville Rifles ~ company b,
8th Louisiana infantry
Louisiana tiger battalion
"This state militia regiment transferred to Confederate service in New Orleans on March 6, 1862, for ninety days with 945 men. The regiment went immediately to Corinth, Mississippi, to reinforce General Pierre G.T. Beauregard’s army. On April 6, the regiment played an important role in the capture of two Federal divisions at the Hornet’s Nest during the Battle of Shiloh. The next day, the men supported the 5th Company, Washington Artillery, and prevented the enemy from capturing three of the battery’s guns. In the battle, 23 of the regiment’s men were killed, 84 were wounded, and 20 were missing. Retreating with the army to Corinth, the regiment was disbanded on June 3 by General Braxton Bragg at the expiration of its enlistment. Most of the men went into the 18th Louisiana Regiment. On September 17, the War Department reorganized the regiment and ordered it to report to General Richard Taylor in south Louisiana. The reorganization occurred at New Iberia on October 16, when Colonel McPheeters reclained the men serving with the 18th Louisiana. On October 27, the regiment fought in the Battle of Labadieville and retreated with the army to the lower Bayou Teche. After spending several weeks at Bisland, the men moved to Avery Island on December 19. The regiment went to Butte a la Rose on January 11, 1863. On February 16, Companies F, G, and H, while on picket on Grand River, fired on and drove off the enemy steamer Grey Cloud. The regiment returned to Bisland on April 7 and fought in the battle there on April 12 and 13. Retreating with Taylor’s army through Opelousas and Alexandria to Natchitoches, the regiment returned to south Louisiana in June. The men garrisoned Brashear City in June and July while the army conducted operations on Bayou Lafourche. During the next three months, the regiment marched with General Alfred MOUTON’s brigade back and forth across south Louisiana. On November 3, the 11th and 12th [Confederate Guards Response] Louisiana infantry battalions were added to the regiment at Simmesport to form the Consolidated Crescent Regiment."