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In June 1863, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Louisiana Native Guard Regiments were redesignated as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Corps d'Afrique. Perhaps 200 to 300 of the original 1,000 members of the 1st Louisiana Native Guard made this transition.
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.
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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 ]
Most of the remainder of the regiments would be formed at New Orleans, Louisiana. Though the Louisiana Native Guard regiments had black officers, including Andre Cailloux and P. B. S. Pinchback, eventually Banks would purge the black officers of the Louisiana Native Guard [3] and replace them with white soldiers from other units, primarily from ...
8th Corps D'Afrique: Ltc William S. Mudgett; 9th Corps D'Afrique: Ltc Isaac S. Bangs; 10th Corps D'Afrique: Ltc Ladislas L. Zulavsky; 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
In the vicious fighting on 3 May, the 1st Louisiana Infantry lost its flag. [20] On 15 June at the Second Battle of Winchester, the regiment had only 1 man wounded. At the Battle of Gettysburg, the 1st Louisiana Infantry fought at Culp's Hill on 2–3 July 1863, [6] taking 172 men into action and suffering 39 casualties. Nolan led the regiment ...