Louisiana Civil War Sources
Louisiana Civil War Sources

Compiled by Steven L. Driskell


Below is a sample of numerous publications for those researching individuals or units who fought for Louisiana in 1861-1865. If you are searching for an ancestor, I strongly suggest contacting the Sons of Confederate Veterans in the State of Louisiana.

Individual Publications
Government Publications
Journals & Periodicals


Individual Publications

Bartlett, Napier
Military Record of Louisiana
Baton Rouge, 1964

Bergeron, Arthur W., Jr.
Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1989

Bergeron, Arthur W., Jr. ed.
Reminiscences of Uncle Silas: The History of the Eighteenth Louisiana Infantry Regiment
Baton Rouge, 1981

Bergeron, Arthur W., Jr., and Lawrence L. Hewitt
Boone's Louisiana Battery: A History and Roster
Baton Rouge, 1986

Bergeron, Arthur W., Jr., and Lawrence L. Hewitt
Miles' Legion: A History and Roster
Baton Rouge, 1983

Booth, Andrew B., compiler
Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands
3 vols.; New Orleans, 1920

Brooks, Thomas W. and Michael D. Jones
Lee's Foreign Legion: A History of the 10th Louisiana Infantry
Watts Printing, Gravenhurst, Ontario, 1995

Buckley, Cornelius M., S.J. trans.
A Frenchman, a Chaplain, a Rebel: The War Letters of Pere Louis-Hippolyte Gache, S.J.
Chicago, 1981

Casey, Powell A.
The Story of Camp Moore and Life at Camp Moore among the Volunteers
Bourque Printing, 1985

Casey, Powell A.
Civil War Campaigns and Engagements of the Washington Artillery
Baton Rouge, 1986

Dufour, Charles L.
Gentle Tiger: The Gallant Life of Roberdeau Wheat
Baton Rouge, 1957

Eakin, Sue Lyles, and Morgan Peoples eds.
"In Defense of My Country ...": The Letters of a Shiloh Confederate Soldier, Sergeant George Washington Bolton, and His Union Parish Neighbors of the Twelfth Regiment of Louisiana Volunteers (1861-1864)
Bernice, 1983

Edmonds, David C.
The Guns of Port Hudson
2 vols.; The Acadiana Press, Lafayette, 1983

Gremillion, Nelson
Company G, 1st Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, C.S.A.: A Narrative
Lafayette, 1987

Hewitt, Lawrence L.
Port Hudson, Confederate Bastion on the Mississippi

Jones, Terry L.
Lee's Tigers: The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia
Baton Rouge, 1987

Jones, Terry L., ed.
The Civil War Memoirs of Captain William J. Seymour
Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1991

Richards, A.P.
The Saint Helena Rifles
Edited by Randall Shoemaker, Houston, 1968

Tunnard, Willie H., 1866
A Southern Record: The Story of the 3rd Louisiana Infantry, C.S.A.
Edited by Edwin C. Bearss, rpr. Dayton, Ohio, 1970

Winters, John D.
The Civil War in Louisiana
Baton Rouge, 1963


Government Publications

State of Louisiana
Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers
Microcopy No. 320, 414 reels

U.S. War Department
War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
130 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1880-1901

U.S. Navy Department
War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies
30 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1894-1922


Journals & Periodicals


Updated 8thsrc.htm February 28, 1997 by Steven L. Driskell