CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
4th Battalion, Louisiana Infantry
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4th Infantry Battalion was organized during the summer of 1861 and in September its six
companies were ordered to Virginia. The men were recruited in the parishes of Madison,
Ouachita, Franklin, Tensas, and Concordia. After serving in the Army of the Kanawha, it moved
to South Carolina and was active in the conflict at Secessionville. Later the unit was ordered
to Mississippi, then was assigned to Wilson's, D.W. Adams', and Gibson's Brigade. It fought
with the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville
and in 1865, aided in the defense of Mobile. The battalion lost 6 killed and 22 wounded out of the 250 engaged at Secessionville, totalled 116 men and 38 arms in December, 1863, and had 71 present for duty in November, 1864. It surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.
The field officers were Lieutenant Colonel John McEnery, and Majors Duncan Buie and George C. Waddill.
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