8th Louisiana Infantry

Regimental History and Service Record

• Also referred to as the Pelican Regiment

• June 15, 1861 - Organized at Camp Moore
  • June 15, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service with 7 companies for the war and 3 companies for 12 months
• April 1862 - Reorganized
• June 16, 1862 - Secessionville
• July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia [not engaged]
• May-June 1862 - Shenandoah Valley Campaign
• May 23, 1862 - Front Royal
• May 24, 1862 - Middletown
• May 25, 1862 - 1st Winchester
• June 1, 1862 - Mount Carmel
• June 8-9, 1862 - Cross Keys
• June 9, 1862 - Port Republic
• June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
• June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
• July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
• August 9, 1862 - Cedar Mountain
• August 26, 1862 - Bristoe Station
• August 27, 1862 - Kettle Run
• August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
• September 1, 1862 - Chantilly
• September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
• September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
• December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
• May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
• May 3, 1863]] - Marye's Heights
• May 4, 1863 - Salem Church
• June 14-15, 1863 - 2nd Winchester
• July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
• November 7, 1863 - Rappahannock Station
• November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
• May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
• May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
• May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
• June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
• June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
• July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
• September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
• September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
• October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
• June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg [detachment]
• March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
• April 2, 1865 - Petersburg Final Assault
• April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
• April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
  • Surrendered

DESIGNATIONS

• Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Unattached (July 1861)
• Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / W.H.T. Walker's/Taylor's Brigade (July-October 1861)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / 1st Louisiana Brigade (October-November 1861)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / E.K. Smith's Division / 1st Louisiana Brigade (November 1861-February 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / E.K. Smith's/Ewell's Division / 1st Louisiana Brigade (February-May 1862)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Ewell's Division / 1st Louisiana Brigade (May-June 1862)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Ewell's/Early's Division / 1st Louisiana Brigade (June 1862-May 1864)
• Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Early's/Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (May-June 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (June-December 1864)
• Department of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)

Regimental Roster

• First Commander: Henry B. Kelly (Colonel)
• Alcibiades DeBlanc (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• German A. Lester (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
• Trevanion D. Lewis (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
• Francis T. Nicholls (Lieutenant Colonel)
• John B.E. Prados (Major)

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Legacy

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Sources

• 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 83-84)