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This is a list of regiments from the U.S. state of Louisiana that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The list of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units is shown separately.
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
The 12th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Formed in August 1861, the regiment served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and was unique in that there were 12 companies.
"Louisiana Tigers" was the nickname of several infantry units of the Confederate States Army from Louisiana during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company , the nickname expanded to a battalion , then to a brigade , and eventually to all Louisianan troops in the Army of Northern Virginia .
This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and territories. Many states had soldiers and units fighting for both the United States ( Union Army ) and the Confederate States ( Confederate States Army ).
After New Orleans fell to Admiral David Farragut in April 1862, Union Major General Benjamin F. Butler headquartered his 12,000-man Army of the Gulf in New Orleans. On September 27, 1862, Butler organized the Union Army's 1st Louisiana Native Guard regiment, some of whose members had served in the previous Confederate Native Guard regiment.
The 4th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Formed in May 1861, the regiment served in the Western Theater of the American Civil War .
The Red River Campaign: Union and Confederate Leadership and War in Louisiana (Shreveport, LA: Parabellum Press), 2003. ISBN 0-9726-6720-2 [Contains a chapter, "Lt. Charles W. Kennedy and the 156th New York Infantry in Alexandria".]