1st Louisiana Zouaves Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

Also referred to as the:
- Confederate States Zouaves Battalion
- Coppens' Zouaves
- Louisiana Regiment of Zouaves and Chasseurs

March 27, 1861 - Organized with 6 companies for the war at Pensacola
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
April-May 1862 - Siege of Yorktown
May 1862 - 7th Louisiana Infantry Battalion / Companies B/C reassigned to this battalion
May 5, 1862 - Williamsburg
May 31-June 1, 1862 - Seven Pines
June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
June 30, 1862 - Frayser's Farm
August 1862 - Company E reassigned as the 12th Louisiana Heavy Artillery Battalion^[1]
August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
November 10, 1862 - Reorganized
June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg
December 7-12, 1864 - Hicksford
- April 9, 1865 - Surrendered by General Robert E. Lee, commanding the Army of Northern Virginia

DESIGNATIONS

Pensacola, Florida (May-June 1861)
Department of the Peninsula (June-October 1861)
Department of the Peninsula / Hunt's Brigade (October 1861)
Department of the Peninsula / Rains' Brigade (January-February 1862)
Army of Northern Virginia / Longstreet's Division / Pryor's Brigade (June 1862)
Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / Longstreet's Division / Pryor's Brigade (June-July 1862)
Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / McLaws' 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 / Jackson's Division / 2nd Louisiana Brigade (August-September 1862)
Department of Henrico (December 1862-August 1863)
Department of Richmond / Ransom's Division / Unattached (August-September 1863)
Department of North Carolina / Unattached (December 1863-May 1864)
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / 1st Military District (August-September 1864)
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia / 1st Military District / Garnett's Brigade (September 1864-April 1865)

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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 14, 62-63)