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"Louisiana Tigers" was the nickname of several infantry units of the Confederate States Army from Louisiana during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company , the nickname expanded to a battalion , then to a brigade , and eventually to all Louisianan troops in the Army of Northern Virginia .
The 9th Louisiana Infantry Regiment or Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from the state of Louisiana in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company , the nickname expanded to a battalion , then to a brigade , and eventually to all Louisiana troops within ...
Harry Thompson Hays (April 14, 1820 – August 21, 1876) was an American military officer serving in the U.S. Army during the Mexican–American War and a general who served in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. Known as the "Louisiana Tigers", his brigade played a major role at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, where they ...
The 6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.It was part of the Louisiana Tigers.Formed in June 1861 at Camp Moore, it fought in Jackson's Valley campaign, the Battle of Gaines Mill, the Second Battle of Bull Run and its related actions, and the Battle of Antietam in 1862.
At the outbreak of the Civil War, Wheat returned to New Orleans. Financed by backers of his previous Nicaragua adventures, he scoured the wharves of New Orleans to organize what became known as "Wheat's Special Battalion", or the " Louisiana Tigers ", a hard fighting, hard living unit that performed well on the battlefield but was renowned for ...
The 3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of foot soldiers from Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.The regiment distinguished itself at Wilson's Creek in 1861.
4. Syria civil war. Many in Syria are celebrating the stunning political fall of longtime dictator Bashar al-Assad that caught much of the world off guard. A rebel-linked caretaker prime minister ...
The battle of East Cemetery Hill [2] during the American Civil War was a military engagement on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, in which an attack of the Confederacy's Louisiana Tigers Brigade and a brigade led by Colonel Robert Hoke was repelled by the forces of Colonel Andrew L. Harris and Colonel Leopold von Gilsa of the XI Corps (Union Army), plus reinforcements.