CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
28th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Thomas')
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29th Infantry Regiment [also called 28th Regiment] was organized during the early spring
of 1862 as a battalion, then in May was increased to regimental strength. Assigned to General
Shoup's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, the unit was active at Chickasaw Bayou and during the Vicksburg siege lost 16 killed and
57 wounded. After the exchange, it served in General A. Thomas' Brigade, Trans-Mississippi
Department. It participated in various engagements in Louisiana and disbanded in the spring of
1865. The field officers were Colonel Allen Thomas, Lieutenant Colonel Joseph O. Landry, and
Major C. M. Pegues.
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