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Minden was established in 1836 by Charles Veeder. The town's name is derived from the German city of Minden. The city of Minden was used as a blueprint for the fictional city of Bon Temps, the setting of the Southern Vampire Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris. During the Civil War, a large Confederate encampment was located inside of Minden ...
The 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment formed at Camp Moore on 15 June 1861 with 889 recruits. [1] The field officers were Colonel Henry B. Kelly, Lieutenant Colonel Francis T. Nicholls, and Major John B. Prados. When the soldiers elected new officers on 7 May 1862, Prados was dropped and Trevanian D. Lewis became major. [2]
The 28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Louisiana that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Gray's Regiment to differentiate it from the 28th (Thomas') Louisiana Infantry Regiment, which was also numbered as 29th. Raised in 1862 it served in the Trans-Mississippi ...
The 37th Arkansas Infantry Regiment (1862–1865) was a Confederate Army infantry regiment during the American Civil War. It was originally designated as the 29th Arkansas Infantry Regiment and was also known as 1st Trans-Mississippi Infantry Regiment. [1] [2] The unit served in the Department of the Trans-Mississippi from its formation in the ...
31st Infantry. Miles' Legion (sometimes called the 32nd Infantry) 33rd Infantry (short-lived merger of 10th and 12th Infantry Battalions) 1st (Dreux's/Rightor's) Battalion, Infantry. 1st (Wheat's) Special Battalion, Infantry (Louisiana Tigers) 3rd Battalion, Infantry (became the 15th Infantry) 4th Battalion, Infantry.
157th Infantry Regiment. The 156th Infantry Regiment (" First Louisiana " [1]) is an infantry regiment in the United States Army and the Louisiana National Guard. It began as a Confederate Army unit in 1861, and surrendered to the Union at the Battle of Appomattox Court House in 1865. It was reformed in 1878 as a militia unit, and reorganized ...
The 12th Louisiana Infantry Regiment organized at Camp Moore on 13 August 1861 with 704 recruits. It was the only Louisiana regiment with 12 companies, named A–M, excluding J. The original field officers were Colonel Thomas M. Scott, Lieutenant Colonel Wade H. Hough, and Major John C. Knott. Hough resigned on 4 May 1862 and was replaced as ...
The 17th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment formed at Camp Moore in September 1861 and served during the war in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The unit stayed in New Orleans until February 1862 and then ...