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After New Orleans fell to Admiral David Farragut in April 1862, Union Major General Benjamin F. Butler headquartered his 12,000-man Army of the Gulf in New Orleans. On September 27, 1862, Butler organized the Union Army's 1st Louisiana Native Guard regiment, some of whose members had served in the previous Confederate Native Guard regiment.
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
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 ...
Louisiana Native Guard may refer to any of several primarily African American regiments in both the Confederate and Union (United States) armies during the American Civil War: 1st Louisiana Native Guard (Confederate), Confederate militia unit (1861-1862) disbanded early in the war; 1st Louisiana Native Guard (Union), infantry unit of the Union Army
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 ...
As with its related regiment, the 1st Louisiana Native Guard, the field grade officers (colonels, lieutenant colonels and majors) were white, and the original line officers were black. An exception was Major Francis E. Dumas, a wealthy creole from Louisiana who had enlisted a company of his own slaves. He resigned in July 1863.