(Confederate Guards) Louisiana Response Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the:
  • 12th Louisiana Infantry Battalion
  • 16th Louisiana Infantry Battalion
  • Clack's (Louisiana) Infantry Battalion

• March 6, 1862 - Organized with 2 companies at New Orleans
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
• April 1862-July 17, 1862 - Field consolidation with (McDonell's) 1st Florida Infantry Battalion and re-designated as Florida and Confederate Guards Infantry Battalion
• April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• May 9, 1862 - Farmington
• July 17, 1862 - Field consolidation broken up
• August 1862 - Battalion reorganized at New Iberia
• September 20, 1862 - A third company joined the battalion
• October 10, 1862 - Consolidated with the 10th Louisiana Infantry Battalion and re-designated as the 33rd Louisiana Infantry
• November 21, 1862 - Regiment broken up and battalions reorganized
• April 13-14, 1863 - Fort Bisland
• April 14, 1863 - Irish Bend
• September 29, 1863 - Stirling's Plantation
• June 1864 - Companies D/E joined the battalion at Alexandria
  • Company D was a Heavy Artillery battery and continued to act as such independently
• August 1864 - Company F assigned to battalion at Vermilionville
• September 1864-October 1864 - Field consolidation with the 11th Louisiana Infantry Battalion and (Crescent) Louisiana Militia Infantry
• November 3, 1863 - Permanent consolidation with the 11th Louisiana Infantry Battalion and (Crescent) Louisiana Infantry and re-designated as the (Crescent) Louisiana (Consolidated) Infantry

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles'/Cheatham's Division / Anderson's Brigade (March-April 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles'/Cheatham's Division / Moore's Brigade (April-May 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Anderson's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Jones' Division / Anderson's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Trans-Mississippi Department / District of West Louisiana / Mouton's Brigade (November 1862-November 1863)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Franklin H. Clack (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Florida and Arkansas. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 12)
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 87, 90, 91, 100, 119, 121-122, 123)