CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Infantry (Rightor's)
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1st Infantry Battalion completed its organization at New Orleans, Louisiana, during the
spring of 1861 with men from Jackson, Orleans, and Caddo parishes. Its six companies moved to
Virginia and for a time served in the Department of the Peninsula. Later the battalion was placed
under the command of General Griffith and in April 1862, totalled 315 effectives. In June it
disbanded and the men transferred to other Louisiana commands. Lieutenant Colonels Charles D.
Dreux and Nicholas H. Rightor, and Major James H. Beard were its field officers.
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