1st Louisiana Cavalry
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- September 11, 1861 - Organized for the war at Baton Rouge
- March 9, 1862 - Skirmish at Granny White's Peak, near Nashville
- April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
- May 1-2, 1862 - Athens
- May 1-2, 1862 - Elk River
- August 1862 - Kentucky Campaign
- August 23, 1862 - Big Hill
- August 30, 1862 - Richmond
- September 17, 1862 - Munfordville
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- March 22-April 1, 1863 - Pegram's Kentucky Raid
- April 26-May 12, 1863 - Monticello, Kentucky Expedition
- June-July 1863 - Tullahoma Campaign
- July 25-August 6, 1863 - Scott's Eastern Kentucky Raid
- July 31, 1863 - Skirmish at Lancaster
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May 15, 1864 - Mount Pleasant Landing, near Port Hudson
- August 5, 1864 - Doyal's Plantation
- October 5, 1864 - Thompson's Creek
- October 9-10, 1864 - Skirmishes at Bayou Sara
- November 18, 1864 - Liberty
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered by Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant Richard Taylor (commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana)
DESIGNATIONS
- September-October 1861 - Department #1
- January-February 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Buckner's Division / Unattached
- February-March 1862 - Department #2 / Central Army of Kentucky / Pillow's Division / Bowen's Brigade
- March-June 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Cavalry
- June-July 1862 - Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Forrest's Cavalry Brigade
- July 1862 - Department of East Tennessee / Heth's Division / Forrest's Cavalry Brigade
- July 1862 - Department of East Tennessee / Heth's Division / Unattached
- August-October 1862 - Department #2 / Army of Kentucky / Scott's Cavalry Brigade
- October-November 1862 - Department of East Tennessee / Scott's Cavalry Brigade
- November 1862-January 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Wheeler's Cavalry Division / Pegram's Brigade
- January-April 1863 - Department of East Tennessee / Pegram's Brigade
- September-October 1863 - Army of Tennessee / Forrest's Cavalry Corps / Pegram's Division / Scott's Brigade
- November 1863-January 1864 - Army of Tennessee / General Headquarters
- January-March 1864 - Army of Tennessee / Unattached
- April-June 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana / District of South Mississippi and East Louisiana
- June-August 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana / W. Adams' Cavalry Division / Scott's Brigade
- August-October 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana / District South of Homochitto / Scott's Cavalry Brigade
- November-December 1864 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana / District of Mississippi and East Louisiana / [Sub-]district of Southwest Mississippi and East Louisiana
- December 1864-February 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana / District of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Northern Sub-district of Mississippi / Scott's Cavalry Brigade
- February-May 1865 - Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana / District of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Northern Sub-district of Mississippi / Scott's Cavalry Brigade
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John S. Scott (Colonel)
- Sieb W. Campbell (Major)
- James O. Nixon (Lieutenant Colonel)
- Gervais Schalter (Major)
- John Taylor (Major)
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Notes
Sources
- Carter, Howell, Cavalryman's Reminiscences of the Civil War
- Gremillion, Nelson, G, 1st Regiment Louisiana Cavalry, CSA: A Narrative
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 46-47)