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In contrast to the 1st Louisiana Native Guards organization, all field and line officers of the United States Colored Troops were white. At the war's end, approximately 100 of the original 1,000 members of the First Louisiana Native Guard still remained in uniform in either the 73rd or 74th Regiments.
The 1st Louisiana Native Guard was a Confederate Louisianan militia that consisted of Creoles of color. Formed in 1861 in New Orleans, Louisiana , it was disbanded on April 25, 1862. Some of the unit's members joined the Union Army's 1st Louisiana Native Guard , which later became the 73rd Regiment Infantry of the United States Colored Troops.
This is a list of regiments from the U.S. state of Louisiana that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The list of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units is shown separately.
Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Louisiana state seal belt buckle with musket. From the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs 4th Louisiana Infantry Regimental Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park Louisiana monument at Vicksburg National Military Park
The 1st Louisiana Native Guard, one of many Louisiana Union Civil War units, was formed in New Orleans after the city was taken and occupied by Union forces. It was formed in part from the Confederacy's former unit of the same name , which had been made up of property-owning free people of color ( gens de couleur libres ). [ 17 ]
3rd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry; Active: 1862–1865: Allegiance United States: Type: Infantry: Part of: Union Army: Engagements: Siege of Port Hudson Red River Campaign Battle of Mansura Battle of Yellow Bayou: Commanders; Notable commanders: Col John A. Nelson
The 2nd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [1] It was organized in New Orleans and was tasked with defending the city until being redeployed to Ship Island in Mississippi.
1st Louisiana Engineers: Col Justin Hodge; Native Guard 1st Louisiana Native Guards: Ltc Chauncey J. Bassett; 3rd Louisiana Native Guards: Col John A. Nelson; 4th Louisiana Native Guards: Col Charles W. Drew; Cavalry Grierson's Brigade Col Benjamin H. Grierson. 6th Illinois Cavalry: Col Reuben Loomis; 7th Illinois Cavalry: Col Edward Prince