CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
27th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
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27th Infantry Regiment was organized during the winter of 1861-1862. Its members were
raised in the parishes of East Feliciana, Iberville, Rapides, Winn, Bienville, Caddo, and Bossier.
This unit was assigned to General Shoup's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East
Louisiana, and during the long siege of Vicksburg it lost 58 killed and 96
wounded. After the exchange it served in A. Thomas' Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department
and was active in various conflicts in Louisiana. In July, 1862, the regiment had 26 officers and
249 men present for duty, but only a remnant disbanded in the spring of 1865. Its commanders
were Colonel Leon D. Marks and A.S. Norwood, Lieutenant Colonel L.L. McLaurin, and Major
George Tucker.
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