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The 1st Louisiana Native Guard (also known as the Corps d'Afrique) was the first all-black regiment in the Union Army.Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, it played a prominent role in the Siege of Port Hudson.
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.
1st Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry: 1st Corps d'Afrique Regiment Infantry: 73rd United States Colored Infantry Regiment: 2nd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry: 2nd Corps d'Afrique Regiment Infantry: 74th United States Colored Infantry Regiment: 3rd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry: 3rd Corps d'Afrique Regiment Infantry
The Corps d'Afrique was formed from the four infantry regiments of the Louisiana Native Guard raised by Major General Benjamin F. Butler (before Banks replaced him as commander of the Department of the Gulf) and the five colored infantry regiments raised by Brigadier General Daniel Ullman. [2]
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 ]
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
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
A small number of free persons of color in New Orleans formed the 1st Louisiana Native Guard (CSA) as part of the Louisiana militia. The unit temporarily disbanded on February 15, 1862, after Louisiana law stated the militia could only be made up of white men.