CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
Miles' Legion, Louisiana Volunteers
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Miles' Legion was organized at Port Hudson, Louisiana, during the early summer of 1862
with a cavalry and infantry battalion. It was commanded by Colonel William R. Miles but did not
serve as one command.
The men of the five-company cavalry battalion were recruited in the parishes of East Baton
Rouge, East Feliciana, and St. Tammany. It skirmished in Louisiana attached to the Department
of Mississippi and East Louisiana, then was assigned to Ross' and Scott's Brigade, Department of
Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The battalion engaged the Federals in Mississippi and
Louisiana and disbanded in the spring of 1865. Major James T. Coleman was in command.
Members of the seven-company infantry battalion were raised in Livingstone, Orleans, and
Tangipahoa parishes. It was assigned to Maxey's and Buford's Brigade, Department of
Mississippi and East Louisiana, and captured at Port Hudson in July, 1863. After being
exchanged the battalion was not reorganized. However, many of the men transferred to other
Louisiana units. It was commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Frederick B. Brand.
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