30th Louisiana Infantry Battalion

Regimental History and Service Record

March 4, 1863 - Organized by the reduction of the 30th Louisiana Infantry to a battalion of 7 companies
- ? - Mustered into Confederate Service
May-July 1863 - Vicksburg Campaign
May-July 1863 - Siege of Port Hudson [detachment]
July 8, 1863 - Detachment surrendered at Port Hudson, Louisiana
- Paroled later that month
Siege of Jackson
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
December 15-16, 1864 - Nashville
March 17-April 12, 1865 - Mobile
March 27-April 8, 1865 - Spanish Fort
March 10-May 4, 1865 - Field consolidation with the 4th Louisiana Infantry and the 13th Louisiana Infantry
May 26, 1865 - Surrendered at Citronelle, Mobile County, Alabama by Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana

DESIGNATIONS

Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Maxey's Brigade (March-May 1863)
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / 3rd Military District / Miles' Brigade (May-July 1863) [detachment]
Department of the West / Loring's Division / Maxey's Brigade (May-June 1863) [battalion]
Department of the West / French's Division / Maxey's Brigade (June-July 1863) [battalion]
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana / French's Division / Maxey's Brigade (July-August 1863) [battalion]
Department of the Gulf / Cantey's Brigade (September-November 1863)
Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Breckinridge's Division / Quarles' Brigade (November 1863-January 1864)
Department of the Gulf / Quarles' Brigade (February-April 1864)
Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Quarles' Brigade (April-May 1864)
Army of Mississippi / Walthall's Division / Quarles' Brigade (June 1864)
Army of Tennessee / 2nd Corps / Stewart's/Clayton's Division / Gibson's Brigade (June 1864-February 1865)
Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / District of the Gulf / Gibson's Brigade (February-April 1865)
Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana / Gibson's Brigade (April-May 1865)

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Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies. Louisiana. New York: Facts on File, 1992. Print. (Pages 116-117)