Regimental History 1861-1865
Organized: June 15, 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana with 889 men.
Companies: A - Creole Guards of East Baton Rouge Parish B - Bienville Rifles of Orleans Parish C - Attakapas Guards of St. Martin Parish D - Sumter Guards of Orleans Parish E - Franklin Sharpshooters of Franklin Parish F - Opelousas Guards of St. Landry Parish G - Minden Blues of Claiborne Parish H - Cheneyville Rifles of Rapides Parish I - Rapides Invincibles of Rapides Parish K - Phoenix Company of Ascension Parish
Engagements: Date Engagement/Comment ________ __________________________________________________ 1861 06/15 Organized at Camp Moore, Louisiana 07/17 Arrived in Manassas 07/21 Reserve Guard at Manassas Became part of 1st Louisiana Brigade. Wintered in northern Virginia and in the spring joined General Stonewall Jackson's army in the Shenandoah Valley, 1862 05/23 Participated in the capture of Front Royal 05/25 Winchester 05/30 Part of the regiment captured at Front Royal 06/08 Limited action at Cross Keys 06/09 Port Republic 06/27 Gaines' Mill 07/01 Malvern Hill 08/27-28 Skirmish at Bristoe Station and Kettle Run 08/29 Drove back Federal attack at 2nd Manassas 09/01 Chantilly 09/17 103 killed or wounded at Sharpsburg 12/13 In reserve at Fredericksburg 1863 05/03-04 Marye's Heights and Salem Church 06/13-14 In reserve at Winchester 07/01 Helped route part of the Federal army near Gettysburg 07/02 Lost flag in attack on Cemetary Hill 10/09-22 Bristoe Station Campaign 11/07 162 captured at Rappahannock Station 1864 05/05 Battle of the Wilderness 05/12 Helped stop Federal attack that overran most of the entrenchments known as the Mule Shoe 06/01-03 Cold Harbor 07/09 Monocacy 07/24 Winchester 08/25 Shepherdstown 09/19 Winchester 09/21-22 Fisher's Hill 10/19 Cedar Creek 12 Returned to Petersburg 1865 02 Petersburg 03 Petersburg 04/09 3 Officers and 54 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox
Closing: Of the 1,321 men enrolled in the regiment during the war, 252 were killed, 171 died if disease, 2 murdered, 1 died in an accident, and about 80 deserted.
Bibliography: Cheneyville Rifles' Flag Returned. Confederate Veteran, XIX (1911), 373-74. A Louisiana Volunteer, Letters of William J. Walter, 1861-1862. Southwest Review, XIX (1933), 78-88. Davis, Edwin A., ed. The History of Claiborne Parish, Louisiana. New Orleans, 1886. Harris, D.W. and B.M. Hulse. The Minden Blues: Bull Run to Appomattox Court House. North Louisiana Historical Association Journal, VIII (1977), 65-75. Thomas, William, III.