CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
26th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
- Overview:
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26th Infantry Regiment was organized during the spring of 1862 by Colonel A. De Clouet.
Many of the men were recruited in Lafayette, Assumption, and Allen parishes. It was assigned to
General Shoup's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and reported 10
casualties at Chickasaw Bayou
and 72 during the siege of Vicksburg. After being exchanged, the unit
was attached to A. Thomas' Brigade in the Trans-Mississippi Department and saw light action
within the boundaries of Louisiana during the spring of 1865. The field officers were Colonels
Alexander De Clouet and Winchester Hall, Lieutenant Colonels Duncan S. Cage and William C.
Crow, and Majors W. Bateman and William W. Martin.
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