19th Louisiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• November 19, 1861 - Organized with 8 companies at Camp Moore
  • ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
  • December 11, 1861 - Two additional companies assigned
• April 6-7, 1862 - Shiloh
• April-June 1862 - Corinth Campaign
• 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 8-11, 1864 - Mill Creek Gap
• May 14-15, 1864 - Resaca
• 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
• December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
• March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
• April 1865 - Consolidated with the following units:
  • 4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion
  • 20th Louisiana Infantry
  • 25th Louisiana Infantry
  • Re-designated as the (Pelican) (Consolidated) Louisiana Infantry / Companies A/D/F

DESIGNATIONS

• Department #1 (November 1861-February 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Grand Division / 1st Corps / Pond's Brigade (March 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Ruggles' Division / Gibson's Brigade (April 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Cheatham's/Ruggles' Division / Mouton's Brigade (April-June 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / 2nd Corps / Mouton's/Reichard's Brigade (June-July 1862)
• Department #2 / Army of the Mississippi / Jones' Division / Reichard's Brigade (July 1862)
• Department #2 / District of the Gulf (July-September 1862)
• Department #2 / District of the Gulf / Detachment of Observation [Tatnall's] (July-September 1862)
• Department #2 / District of the Gulf (November 1862-April 1863)
• Department of the Gulf / Eastern Division (April-May 1863)
• Department of the West / Breckinridge's Division / D.W. Adams'/Reichard's Brigade (May-July 1863)
• Department of the West / Breckinridge's Division / D.W. Adams'/Gibson's Brigade (July-August 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckinridge's Division / D.W. Adams'/Gibson's Brigade (September-November 1863)
• Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stewart's/Clayton's Division / D.W. Adams'/Gibson's Brigade (November 1863-February 1865)
• Department of Alabama, Mississippi, East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Gibson's Brigade (February-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Benjamin L. Hodge (Colonel)
• Loudon Butler (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Camp Flourney (Major)
• James M. Hollingsworth (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Hyder A. Kennedy (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Winfrey B. Scott (Major)
• Richard W. Turner (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Wesley P. Winans (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)

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Legacy

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Sources

• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 105-106)