1st Louisiana Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

• April 16, 1861 - Organized with 5 companies at Pensacola, Florida
  • Originally attached to the 1st Louisiana (Regular) Infantry
  • June 11, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service at Richmond, Virginia
• July 1861 - A 6th company added
• July 5, 1861 - near Newport News
• July 24, 1861 - Operations on Back River
• October 21, 1861 - Young's Mill
• April 5, 1862 - Lee's Mill
• May 1, 1862 - Disbanded
  • Company D assigned to the 1st Louisiana Infantry

DESIGNATIONS

• Pensacola (April-May 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula (June-October 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula / Williamsburg and Spratley's [B.S. Ewell's Command] (October 1861)
• Department of the Peninsula / Magruder's Command / Magruder's Division / Griffith's Brigade (April-May 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / Magruder's Division / Griffith's Brigade (May 1862)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Charles D. Dreux (Colonel)
• James H. Beard (Major)
• Nicholas H. Rightor (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)

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Regiment Statistical Information

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Legacy

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Sources

• Meynier, A., Life and Military Services of Colonel Charles D. Dreux
• Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Page 61)