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The 4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion was an infantry unit recruited from Louisiana volunteers that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The unit organized as a battalion in July 1861 and initially served as prison guards. In November the battalion served briefly in the Western Virginia campaign.
The other units in Gibson's brigade were the 1st Regulars, 13th, 16th-25th, 19th, 20th, and 30th Louisiana Regiments and the 4th and 14th Louisiana Battalions. [16] [Note 2] On 20 July, the regiment took part in the Battle of Peachtree Creek. [12] On 28 July, the 4th Louisiana Infantry Regiment fought at the Battle of Ezra Church. [12] S. D.
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
This category relates to individual regiments, organizations and batteries raised by or associated with Louisiana for the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. For more information on the state's role in the war effort, see Louisiana in the American Civil War .
4th Louisiana: Col Samuel E. Hunter; 13th-20th Louisiana: Col Francis L. Campbell; 16th-25th Louisiana: Col Francis C. Zacharie; 19th Louisiana: Maj Camp Flournoy; 30th Louisiana: Maj Arthur Picolet; 4th Louisiana Battalion: Cpt T. Alexander Bisland; 14th Louisiana Battalion Sharpshooters: Lt Andrew T. Martin; Eldridge's Artillery Battalion
All told, the Louisiana Tiger Battalion listed 47 casualties at the battle (31 wounded, 12 killed, 3 captured, and one wounded and captured). [14] "Report of Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat, First Special Battalion Louisiana Volunteers, of the Battle of Manassas, Virginia, July 21, 1861. Manassas, August 1, 1861, Sir:
4th Louisiana Battalion; 14th Louisiana Sharpshooters; Baker's Brigade BG Alpheus Baker. 37th Alabama; 40th Alabama; 42nd Alabama; 54th Alabama (from mid-June) Hood's Corps Artillery Col Robert F. Beckham. Courtney's Battalion Maj Alfred R. Courtney Dent's (Alabama) Battery; Garrity's (Alabama) Battery; Douglas's Texas Battery; Eldridge's Battalion
The 4th Louisiana Field Battery was an artillery unit recruited from volunteers in Louisiana and Mississippi that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The 4-gun battery organized in August 1862 with recruits from Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and Jefferson County, Mississippi. The unit usually accompanied Isaac F ...