14th Louisiana Sharpshooter Battalion
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- August 12, 1862 - Organized from men of the 11th Louisiana Infantry (which had failed to reorganize during the previous spring) with 2 companies at Camp Lookout near Chattanooga, Tennessee
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
- October 8, 1862 -
Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
- December 31, 1862-January 3, 1863 - Murfreesboro
- July 10-17, 1863 - Siege of Jackson
- September 19-20, 1863 -
Battle of Chickamauga, Georgia
- September-November 1863 - Siege of Chattanooga
- November 23-25, 1863 - Chattanooga
- May-September 1864 -
The Atlanta Campaign
- May 25-June 4, 1864 - New Hope Church
- July 22, 1864 - Atlanta
- July 28, 1864 - Ezra Church
- July-September 1864 - Siege of Atlanta
- August 31-September 1, 1864 - Jonesboro
- November 30, 1864 - Franklin
- December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
- March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
- May 4, 1865 - Surrendered at Citronelle, Mobile County, Mississippi by Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana
DESIGNATIONS
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Anderson's Division / D.W. Adams' Brigade (August 1862)
- Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Left Wing / Anderson's Division / D.W. Adams' Brigade (August-November 1862)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Anderson's Division / D.W. Adams' Brigade (November-December 1862)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckinridge's Division / D.W. Adams' Brigade (December 1862-May 1863)
- Department of the West / Breckinridge's Division / D.W. Adams' Brigade (May-June 1863)
- Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / Breckinridge's Division / D.W. Adams' Brigade (July-August 1863)
- Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stewart's/Clayton's Division / Adams'/Gibson's Brigade (November 1863-January 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Gibson's Brigade (March-April 1865)
- Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Gibson's Brigade (April-May 1865)
Regimental Roster
- First Commander: John E. Austin (Major)
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Regiment Statistical Information
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Legacy
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Notes
Sources
- Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 95-96)