CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
1st Field Battery, Louisiana Artillery
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St. Mary's Light Artillery [also called St. Mary's Cannoneers] was organized during the summer of 1861 with men from St. Mary's Parish. The unit served at New Orleans until that city fell in April, 1862. After the exchange it was assigned to the Trans-Mississippi Department, attacked Federal gunboats and transports on the Mississippi River, and took an active part in the operations against Bank's Red River Campaign. In May, 1865, it disbanded in Vermilion Parish. Captain Florian O. Cornay was in command.
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