The 1st Regiment, Louisiana Heavy Artillery (Confederate) was organized in the spring of 1861 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana under the command of Col. Johnson K. Duncan and served in the Western Theater. It was later commanded by Cols. C. A. Fuller and Paul O. Hebert. (NPS-BU; FS)
The 3rd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Confederate), also known as Wingfield's 3rd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, was organized in summer 1864 from the former 9th Battalion, Louisiana Cavalry under the command of Col. James H. Wingfield. It served in the Western Theater in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. (NPS-BU; FS)
The 4th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry was organized on July 10, 1861 under the command of Lt. Col. John McEnery and served in the Eastern and Western theaters. It was part of the Army of the Kanawha and later part of Adams’ and Gibson’s Brigade. It surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana and was mustered out of service on April 1, 1865. (NPS-BU; MSR-CSA)
The 21st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Confederate) was organized January 1862 in Assumption and Saint Helena Parishes, Louisiana, under the command of Col. Edward Higgins and served in the Western Theater in Hebert's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It was later commanded by Cols. Isaac W. Patton and Martin L. Smith. (NPS-BU; Wiki; FS)
The 24th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Confederate), also known as the Crescent Regiment, was organized May 1861 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana under the command of Col. James H. Beard and served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater under Mouton's and H. Gray's Brigades in the Trans-Mississippi Department. It was later commanded by Cols. Abel W. Bosworth and M. J. Smith. It was consolidated with the 11th and 12th Battalions, Louisiana Infantry to form the Consolidated Crescent Infantry on November 3, 1863. (NPS-BU; FS)
Commonly known as the Crescent Rifles, Company B of the 24th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Confederate) was organized in May 1861 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana and served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater. (FS; NPS-BU)
The 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Confederate), also known as the Louisiana Zouaves, was organized in spring 1861 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana under the command of Col. Ross E. Burke and served in the Eastern Theater in the Department of the Peninsula. Later it served in Cobb's, Starke's, Nicholl's, Iverson's, Stafford's, and York's brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia. It was also later commanded by Cols. Lewis G. DeRussy, William M. Levy, and Isaiah T. Norwood. (NPS-BU; FS)
The 4th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Confederate) was organized in April 1861, in the parishes of Orleans, St. Helena, Lafourche, West Feliciana, Plaquemines, West Baton Rouge, and East Carroll under the command of Col. Henry W. Allen. It served in the Western Theater under Maxey's, Quarles', and Gibbon's brigades in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and was later commanded by Cols. Robert J. Barrow and Samuel E. Hunter. (NPS-BU; MSR-CSA)
Commonly known as Hay's Fighting Tigers or the Louisiana Tigers Infantry, Company H of the 5th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Confederate) was organized on May 25, 1861 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana, and served in the Eastern Theater. (FS; MSR-CSA; NPS-BU; Wiki)
The 7th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Confederate), also known as the Pelican Regiment, was organized in May 1861 in Baton Rouge and Orleans Parishes, Louisiana, under the command of Col. Harry T. Hays. It served in the Eastern Theater in R. Taylor's, Hays', and York's brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia and was later commanded by Col. Davidson B. Penn. (NPS-BU)
The 9th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Confederate) was organized in May 1861 in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana under the command of Col. William R. Peck and served in the Eastern Theater under Taylor's, Starke's, Hays', and York's Brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia. It was later commanded by Cols. E. G. Randolph, Leroy A. Stafford, and Richard Taylor. (NPS-BU; FS)
The 14th Battalion, Louisiana Sharpshooters (also known as Austin’s Sharpshooters) was organized on August 12, 1862 under the command of Maj. John E. Austin and served in the Western Theater. It was comprised of three companies of men from the 11th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, and was assigned to Adams’ and Gibson’s Brigade in the Army of Tennessee. It surrendered and mustered out of service on May 4, 1865. (NPS-BU; MSR-CSA)
The 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Union) was organized on September 29, 1862 in New Orleans, Louisiana under the command of Col. Charles Jackson Paine and served in the Western Theater in the Department of the Gulf. It was mounted in September 1863 and became known as the 2nd Regiment, Mounted Infantry (Union). It was mustered out of service on September 11, 1865. (NPS-BU; MSR-US; Wiki)
