CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
25th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
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25th Infantry Regiment was organized in April, 1862, with men from Madison, Morehouse,
and Concordia parishes. After taking part in the conflicts at Farmington and Perryville, the unit was attached to General
D.W. Adams' and Gibson's Brigade, Army of Tennessee. It was consolidated with the 16th
Regment from December, 1862, until the late summer of 1864. The 25th participated in the
arduous campaigns of the army from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, was with Hood in Tennessee, and
shared in the defense of Mobile. This regiment lost 2 killed and 29 wounded at Farmington, then
the 16th/25th reported 37 killed, 159 wounded, and 17 missing of the 465 engaged at
Murfreesboro. It lost thirty-five percent of the 319 at Chickamauga, totalled 265 men and 116
arms in December, 1863, and during the Atlanta Campaign, May 8-28, 1864, its casualties were
11 killed, 47 wounded, and 5 missing. In November, 1864, the 25th had 82 effectives present for
duty and surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field
officers were Colonels Stuart W. Fisk, Joseph C. Lewis, and Francis C. Zacharie, and Lieutenant
Colonel Calvin H. Moore.
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