14th Louisiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the:
  • 1st Regiment, Polish Brigade
  • 13th Louisiana Infantry

• June 16, 1861 - Organized as the 1st Polish Regiment
  • August 24, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service for the war at Camp Pulaski, near Amite
• August 24, 1861 - Designated changed to the 13th Louisiana Infantry
• September 21, 1861 - Designated changed to the 14th Louisiana Infantry
• April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
• May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
• May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 26, 1862 - Mechanicsville
• June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
• June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
• August 9, 1862 - Cedar Mountain
• August 26, 1862 - Bristoe Station
• August 27, 1862 - Kettle Run
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 1, 1862 - Chantilly
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• June 14-15, 1863 - 2nd Winchester
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• November 27, 1863 - Payne's Farm
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
• July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
• July 24, 1862 - Kernstown
• August 25, 1864 - Shepherdstown
• September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
• September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg (from December 1864)
• February 5-7, 1865 - Hatcher's Run
• March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
• April 2, 1865 - Petersburg Final Assault
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Department of the Peninsula (September-October 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula / Sulakowski's Brigade (October 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula / Rains' Brigade (January-April 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Pryor's Brigade (April-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Pryor's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Ewell's Division / 2nd Louisiana Brigade (July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / A.P. Hill's Division / 2nd Louisiana Brigade (July 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Ewell's Division / 2nd Louisiana Brigade (August-September 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Ewell's/Early's Division / 1st Louisiana Brigade (December 1862-May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Early's/Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (May-June 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (June-December 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Valery Sulakowski (Colonel)
• Richard W. Jones (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• William H. Toler (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Zebulon York (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• David Zable (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Jones, Terry L. Lee's Tigers: The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 96-98)