CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
16th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
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16th Infantry Regiment, organized during the fall of 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana,
contained men from East Feliciana, Caddo, Livingston, Rapides, Bienville, St. Helena, and
Avoyelles parishes. After fighting at Shiloh and Perryville, the unit was assigned to General
D.W. Adams' and Gibson's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was consolidated with the 25th
Louisiana Regiment from December, 1862 until the late summer of 1864. The unit participated in
the difficult campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, moved with Hood to Tennessee,
and shared in the defense of Mobile. The regiment lost 14 killed, 48 wounded, and 27 missing at
Shiloh, then the 16th/25th lost 37 killed, 159 wounded, and 17 missing of the 465 engaged at
Murfreesboro and thirty-five percent of the 319 at Chickamauga. In December, 1863, it
contained 265 men and 116 arms. During the Atlanta Campaign, May 8-28, 1864, its casualties
were 11 killed, 47 wounded, and 5 missing. During November, 1864, the 16th had 115 officers
and men fit for duty. It surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East
Louisiana. The field officers were Coloenls daniel Gober and Preston Pond, Jr.; Lieutenant
Colonels Robert H. Lindsay, Enoch Mason, and W.E. Walker; and Majors Robert P. Oliver and
Frank M. Raxsdale.
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