CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
9th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
- Overview:
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9th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in May, 1861 and soon
moved to Virginia. Its companies were recruited in the following parishes: Rapides, Bossier,
Bienville, De Soto, Livingston, Jackson, Washington, Claiborne, East Carroll, and Madison. The
unit served in General R. Taylor's Brigade during Jackson's Valley Campaign and the Seven
Days' Battles, then was assigned to Starke's, Hays', and York's command. It fought in many
conflicts from Cedar Mountain to
Cold Harbor, was involved in
Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley, and later shared in the Appomattox Campaign. This regiment lost
4 killed and 36 wounded at Cross
Keys and Port Republic, had
21 killed and 55 wounded at Sharpsburg and 25 killed and 57 wounded
at Chancellorsville. It reported
14 casualties at Second
Winchester, lost twenty-one percent of the 347 engaged at Gettysburg, and had 130 captured at Rappahannock Station. Only 4
officers and 64 men surrendered with the Army of Northern Virginia. The field officers were
Colonels William R. Peck, E.G. Randolph, Leroy A. Stafford, and Richard Taylor; Lieutenant
Colonels John J. Hodges and N.J. Walker; and Majors James R. Kavanaugh, A.A. Singletary, and
Henry L. N. Williams.
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