NATIONAL ARCHIVES MICROFILM PUBLICATIONS Pamphlet Accompanying Microcopy No 0 320 COMPILED SERVICE RECORDS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON: 1961
COMPILED SERVICE RECORDS OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS WHO SERVED IN ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE STATE OF LOUISIANA On the 414 rolls of this microfilm publication are reproduced the compiled service records of Confederate soldiers belonging to units from the State of Louisiana. The compiled service records consist of a jacket-envelope for each soldier, labeled with his name, his rank, and the unit in which he served. The jacket-envelope typically contains (1) card abstracts of entries relating to the soldier as found in original muster rolls, returns, rosters, payrolls, appointment books, hospital registers, Union prison registers and rolls, parole rolls, and inspection reports; and (2) the originals of any papers relating solely to the particular soldier. There are cross-reference cards and jacket-envelopes for soldiers' names that appear in the records under more than one spelling. Compilation of the service records of Confederate soldiers was begun in 1903 under the direction of Brig. Gen. Fred C. Ainsworth, head of the Record and Pension Office in the War Department. Abstracts were made from documents in the War Department Collection of Confederate Records and from documents borrowed by the War Department in an effort to obtain as nearly complete military service records as possible. The abstracts made from the original records were verified by a separate operation of comparison, and every conceivable precaution was taken to ensure that the abstracts were accurate. The compiled service records of soldiers belonging to units from the State of Louisiana are arranged according to a complicated organizational breakdown ending with either the regiment or independent battalion or company. Under each unit the service records are arranged alphabetically by soldiers' surnames. Preceding the jacket-envelopes for the individual soldiers in each organizational unit there are empty envelopes on which are listed the officers of that unit. Following these are jacket-envelopes containing (1) caption cards for muster-in and muster-out rolls showing the exact caption of the rolls that were copied and the certificate of the mustering officer verifying the accuracy of the rolls; and (2) recordof-events cards, indicating the activities in which any portion of the unit had been engaged. Two separate indexes may be used to locate the compiled service records of a soldier from Louisiana. One is a card index to the service records of soldiers who served in organizations from the State of
Louisiana. This index contains the names of Louisiana soldiers for whom there are compiled service records. The cards give the name of the soldier, his rank, the unit in which he served, and sometimes a statement concerning the origin or background of that unit. The information contained in this State index is duplicated in a "consolidated" or master card index (reproduced as Microcopy 253) that contains the names of all Confederate soldiers found in compiling the service records, regardless of whether the service was with a unit furnished by a particular State, with a unit raised directly by the Confederate Government, or as a staff officer. Unless the unit in which a soldier served is already known, his compiled service record can be located only through the use of one of these indexes. The compiled service records reproduced in this microcopy and the indexes referred to above are part of the records in the National Archives designated as Record Group 109, War Department Collection of Confederate Records. The compiled service record of a Confederate soldier from Louisiana may not appear in this microcopy for several reasons. First, he may not have served in a Louisiana unit. Second, he may have served under a different name or used a different spelling of his name. Third, proper records of his service may not have been made by the Confederate Army, or, if made, may have been lost or destroyed in the confusion that often attended the initial mobilization, subsequent military operations, or the final surrender of the Confederate military forces. Fourth, the references to the soldier in the original records may be so vague that it has not been practicable to determine his correct name or the unit in which he served. Card abstracts of vague entries in the original records of military service, together with the originals of any papers containing vague references to individual soldiers, are maintained in a separate alphabetical series without regard to State or military unit. They are not indexed. Sometimes supposed Confederate military service is shown by the records to have been service in a civilian capacity, as in the case of government employees. Evidence of such service, or of having aided the Confederate cause as a civilian in some other way, may sometimes be obtained from a series of records in the National Archives known as the "Citizens File, " consisting of Confederate documents each of which relates only to a particular civilian. They are arranged alphabetically by name of person and are not indexed. Other information about the activities of Confederate civilians is contained in a similar unindexed series of documents accumulated by Union provost marshals and known as the "Provost Marshal File. " The National Archives has still other Confederate records in its
custody among which documents may possibly be found relating to particular Confederate civilians or soldiers. The records described in this paragraph are available for examination in the National Archives by inquirers or their agents.
CONTENTS OF MICROCOPY 320 Roll 1 First Cavalry, A - Cl 2 Co - Ga 3 Ge - J 4 K- Me 5 Mi - Ra 6 Re - Ta 7 Te - Z First Battalion, Cavalry (State Guards) 8 Second Cavalry, A - Br 9 Bu - E 10 F - J 11 K - Mi 12 Mo - R 13 S - Z Second Battalion, Cavalry (State Guards) 14 Third Cavalry Third (Harrison's) Cavalry, A - K 15 L - Z 16 Third (Wingfield's) Cavalry, A - Di 17 Do - L 18 M - R 19 S - Y 20 Fourth Cavalry 21 Fifth Cavalry 22 Sixth Cavalry, A - L 23 M - Z 24 Seventh Cavalry, A - Re 25 Ri- Y Eighth Cavalry, A - N 26 O - Z Thirteenth Battalion (Partisan Rangers), A - D 27 E - M 28 N - Y Eighteenth Battalion, Cavalry 29 Ogden's Cavalry 30 Cavalry Squadron (Independent Rangers of Iberville), Militia Squadron Guides d'orleans, Militia Mounted Rangers of Plaquemines, Militia Capt. Benjamin's Co., Cavalry 31 Capt. Bond's Co., Mounted Partisan Rangers Capt. Borge's Co. (Garnet Rangers), Militia
Capt. Cagnolatti's Co., Cavalry (Chasseurs of Jefferson), Militia Capt. Cole's Co., Cavalry Capt. Delery's Co. (St. Bernard Horse Rifles), Militia Capt. Dreux's Cavalry, Co. A 32 Dubecq's Co., Cavalry Capt. Greenleaf's Co. (Orleans Light Horse), Cavalry 33 Capt. Lott's Co. (Carroll Dragoons), Cavalry Capt. Millaudon's Co. (Jefferson Mounted Guards) Capt. Miller's Independent Co., Mounted Rifles Capt. Norwood's Co. (Jeff Davis Rangers), Cavalry Capt. Nutt's Co. (Red River Rangers), Cavalry Capt. Webb's Co., Cavalry 34 First Heavy Artillery, A - Be 35 Bi - Br 36 Bu - Co 37 Cr - E 38 F - Go 39 Gr - I 40 J - La 41 Le - Me 42 Mi - Pe 43 Ph - Sa 44 Sc - Te 45 Th - Z 46 Second Battalion, Heavy Artillery Eighth Battalion, Heavy Artillery, A - K 47 L - Y First Field Battery, Artillery 48 Second Field Battery, Light Artillery Third Battery (Benton's), Light Artillery 49 Fifth Field Battery (Pelican Light Artillery), Light Artillery Sixth Field Battery (Grosse Tete Flying Artillery), Light Artillery Beauregard Battalion Battery, Artillery Bridge's Battery, Light Artillery Capt. Castellanos' Battery, Artillery 50 Capt. Fenner's Battery, Light Artillery 51 Capt. Green's Co. (Louisiana Guard Battery), Artillery, A - R 52 S - W Capt. Guyol's Co. (Orleans Artillery), Artillery Capt. Holmes' Co., Light Artillery
Capt. Button's Co. (Crescent Artillery, Co. A), Artillery, A - H 53 I- Y Capt. Kean's Battery (Orleans Independent Artillery), Artillery 54 Capt. King's Battery, Artillery Lafayette Artillery, Militia Capt. Landry's Co. (Donaldsonville Artillery), Artillery, A - K 55 L - W Capt. Le Gardeur, Jr. 's., Co. (Orleans Guard Battery), Light Artillery, A - C 56 D- Z Capt. MePherson's Battery (Orleans Howitzers), Militia 57 Capt. Moody's Co. (Madison Light Artillery), Artillery, A - K 58 L - Z Ordnance Detachment Pointe Coupee Artillery, A - Bi 59 Bl - J 60 K - Y 61 Siege Train Battalion Watson's Battery, Artillery 62 Washington Battalion, Artillery, A - Bo 63 Br - C 64 D - Fo 65 Fr - Hi 66 Ho - La 67 Le - Me 68 Mi - Pe 69 Pf - Sc 70 Se - U 71 V- Z 72 First Infantry First (Nelligan's) Infantry, A - Ba 73 Be - Ci 74 Cl - Do 75 Dr - Gl 76 Go - J 77 K- L 78 M 79 N - Ri 80 Ro - S 81 T - Z
82 First (Strawbridge's) Infantry, A - B 83 C - D 84 E - Ha 85 He - K 86 L - Mi 87 Mo - Re 88 Ri- S 89 T - Z 90 First Reserves First Regiment, Second Brigade, First Division, Militia 91 First Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Militia First Regiment, European Brigade, Militia First Regiment, French Brigade, Militia, A - B 92 C - La 93 Le - Z 94 First Native Guards, Militia, A - G 95 H - Z 96 First Chasseurs 9, pied, Militia First Battalion Infantry (State Guards) 97 First (Rightor's) Special Battalion, Infantry, A - F 98 G - M 99 N - Z 100 First (Wheat's) Special Battalion, Infantry, A - H 101 J - Y 102 Second Infantry, A - Bo 103 Br - Co 104 Cr - Fo 105 Fr - G 106 H - Ji 107 Jo - L 108 M 109 N - Rh 110 Ri - Sn 111 So-Wh 112 Wi- Z Second Regiment, Second Brigade, First Division, Militia 113 114 Second Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Militia Second Reserve Corps 115 Second Regiment, French Brigade, Militia 116 Third Infantry, A - B 117 C - D 118 E - Ha 119 He - K
120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 L - Mo Mu - R S - T U - Z Third Regiment, European Brigade (Garde Francaise), Militia, A - D E - Z Third Regiment, French Brigade, Militia, A - O P - Z Third Regiment, First Brigade, First Division, Militia, A- K L - Z Third Regiment, Second Brigade, First Division, Militia Third Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Militia Fourth Infantry, A - B C - De Di - G H - J K - L M- O P - R S - T U - Z Fourth Regiment, European Brigade, Militia, A - L M - Z Fourth Regiment, French Brigade, Militia, A - C D - Z Fourth Regiment, First Brigade, First Division, Militia, A - Q R - Z Fourth Regiment, Second Brigade, First Division, Militia Fourth Regiment, Third Brigade, First Division, Militia Fourth Battalion, Infantry, A - Bo Br - F G - L M - R S - Z Fifth Infantry, A - Br Bu - Co Cr - E F - Go Gr - Hi
153 154 Ho - Ko Ku - L 155 M - Mo 156 157 Mu - Q R - Sh 158 Si - T 159 160 V - Z Fifth Regiment, European Brigade (Spanish Regiment), Militia, A - F 161 162 G - Pa Pe - Z 163 Sixth Infantry, A - B 164 C 165 166 D - Fl Fo - G 167 H - Ja 168 Je - Li 169 Lo - Me 170 Mi - O 171 P - R 172 S - Th 173 Ti- Z 174 Sixth Regiment, European Brigade (Italian Guards Battalion), Militia 175 Seventh Infantry, A - Br 176 177 Bu - Cr Cu - Fi 178 Fl - Ha 179 180 He - Ke Ki - Ma 181 182 Me - Mo Mu - Re 183 Rh - Sp 184 St- V 185 W- Z 186 Seventh Battalion, Infantry 187 Eighth Infantry, A - Bo 188 Br - Ce 189 Ch - Da 190 De - Em 191 En - Go 192 Gr - He 193 194 Hi - Ke Ki - L
195 M - Mi 196 Mo - Og 197 Ol - Re 198 Rh - SI 199 Sm - Th 200 Ti - Z 201 Ninth Infantry, A - Bi 202 Bl - By 203 204 C - Co Cr - E 205 F - G 206 H - Ho 207 Hu - K 208 L 209 M - Mi 210 211 Mo - Pe Ph - R 212 S - Sp 213 St - Va 214 Vi - Z 215 Ninth Battalion, Infantry, A - K 216 L - Z 217 Tenth Infantry, A - Ca 218 Ch - E 219 F - H 220 I - L 221 M 222 N - R 223 224 S - V W - Z Tenth Battalion, Infantry, A - C 225 D - Z 226 Eleventh Infantry, A - D 227 E - K 228 L - Q 229 R - Z 230 Eleventh Battalion, Infantry, A - E 231 F - La 232 Le - P 233 R - Z 234 Twelfth Infantry, A - Bo 235 Br - Co 236 Cr - Fo 237 Fr - Ha 10
238 He - J 239 K - L 240 M - Mo 241 Mu - Ra 242 Re - Si 243 Sk - U 244 V - Z 245 Thirteenth Infantry, A - Ce 246 Ch - Fa 247 Fe - Ho 248 Hu - L 249 M - Mo 250 Mu - R 251 S - Tr 252 Tu - Z Thirteenth and Twentieth Infantry 253 Fourteenth Infantry, A - B 254 C - Cu 255 D - Fe 256 Fi- G 257 H - I 258 J - L 259 M - Me 260 Mi - N 261 O - Ri 262 Ro - Su 263 Sw - Z 264 Fourteenth (Austin's) Battalion, Sharp Shooters, A - L 265 M - Y 266 Fifteenth Infantry, A - Ch 267 Cl - Em 268 En - Ho 269 Hu - L 270 M - Ni 271 No - Sm 272 So - Z Fifteenth (Weatherly's) Battalion, Sharp Shooters 273 Sixteenth Infantry, A - Ca 274 Ch - D 275 E - Ha 276 He - Ke 277 Ki - Mi 278 Mo - Re 279 Rh - S 11
280 T - Z 281 Sixteenth Battalion, Infantry, A - L 282 M - W 283 284 Seventeenth Infantry, A - Ch Cl- F 285 G - Je 286 Jo - Me 287 Mi - Ri 288 289 Ro - St Su - Z 290 Eighteenth Infantry, A - Bo 291 292 Br - C D - F 293 294 G - I J - L 295 296 M - Pi PI - Sh 297 Si - Z 298 Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion, Infantry, A - C 299 D - L 300 M - Z 301 Nineteenth Infantry, A - B 302 C - Fa 303 304 Fe - Ho Hu - L 305 M - Pe 306 Ph - Sn 307 Sp - Z 308 Twentieth Infantry, A - B 309 C - D 310 E - Ha 311 He - La 312 Le - Mo 313 314 Mu - Ro Ru - Te 315 Th - Z 316 317 Twenty-first (Kennedy's) Infantry, A - R S - Z Twenty-first (Patton's) Infantry, A - De 318 Di - Je 319 Jo - Mu 320 My - Sc 321 Se - Z 12
322 Twenty-second Infantry, A - Co 323 Cr - He 324 Hi - Me 325 Mi - Se 326 Sh - Y Twenty-second (Consolidated) Infantry, A - B 327 C - J 328 K - Ra 329 Re - Z 330 Twenty-fifth Infantry, A - Co 331 Cr - Ha 332 He - L 333 M - Q 334 R - Te 335 Th - Z 336 Twenty-sixth Infantry, A - Ca 337 Ce - Gr 338 Gu - Me 339 Mh - Z 340 Twenty-seventh Infantry, A - Ch 341 Cl - Fi 342 Fl - Ho 343 Hu - L 344 M - O 345 P - So 346 Sp - Z 347 Twenty-eighth (Gray's) Infantry, A - Cl 348 Co - G 349 H - L 350 M - P 351 Q-V 352 W - Z Twenty-eighth (Thomas') Infantry, A - B 353 C - G 354 H - M 355 N-Y 356 Thirtieth Infantry, A - B 357 C - Fa 358 Fe - J 359 K- M 360 N - Sa 361 Sc - Z 362 Thirty-first Infantry, A - Co 363 Cr - G 13
364 H - L 365 M - P 366 R - Th 367 Ti- Y 368 Algiers Battalion, Militia Assumption Regiment, Militia Battalion British Fusileers, Militia Battalion French Volunteers, Militia Bonnabel Guards, Militia Beauregard Regiment, Militia Beauregard Battalion, Militia 369 Bragg T s Battalion, Militia British Guard Battalion, Militia, A - G 370 H - W Catahoula Battalion Cazadores Espanoles Regiment, Militia, A - F 371 G - Z Chalmette Regiment, Militia, A - B 372 C - L 373 M - Z 374 Claiborne Regiment, Militia Confederate Guards Regiment, Militia, A - G 375 H- S 376 T - Y Consolidated Crescent Regiment, Infantry, A - Ch 377 Ci - H 378 I - M 379 N - U 380 V - Z Continental Cadets, Militia Continental Regiment, Militia 381 Crescent Cadets, Militia Crescent Regiment, Infantry, A - Ca 382 Ce - F 383 G - K 384 L - Q 385 R - S 386 T - Z 387 Fire Battalion, Militia, A - R 388 S - Z Irish Regiment, Militia 389 Jackson Rifle Battalion, Militia Jeff Davis Regiment, Infantry La Fourche Regiment, Militia, A - C 14
390 D - W 391 Leeds' Guards Battalion, Militia Lewis Regiment Lewis Guards, Militia 392 Louisiana and Government Employees Regiment Maddox's Regiment, Reserve Corps Mechanics Guard, Militia 393 Miles' Legion, A - Di 394 Do - La 395 Le - Re 396 Rh - Z 397 Orleans Fire Regiment, Militia 398 Orleans Guards Regiment, Militia, A - E 399 F - Me 400 Mi - Z 401 Pelican Regiment, Infantry Pointe Coupee Regiment, Militia Provisional Regiment, Louisiana Legion Red River Sharp Shooters Reserve Corps, A - Me 402 Mi - Y Sabine Reserves St. James Regiment, Militia 403 St. John the Baptist Reserve Guards, Militia St. Martin's Regiment, Militia Terrebonne Regiment, Militia Vermillion Regiment, Militia Watkins' Battalion, Reserve Corps Weatherly's Battalion, Infantry 404 C. S. Zouave Battalion, Volunteers, A - Da 405 De - G 406 H - L 407 M - R 408 S - Z 409 Capt. Barr's Independent Co. (Blakesley Guards), Militia Capt. Bickham's Co. (Caddo Militia) Capt. Brenan's Co. (Co. A, Shamrock Guards), Militia Conscripts, Louisiana, A - O 410 P - Z French Co. of St. James, Militia Capt. Herrick's Co. (Orleans Blues) 411 Capt. Knap's Co. (Fausse River Guards), Militia Capt. Lartigue's Co. (Bienville Guards), Militia 15
Capt. Me Arthur's Co. (Sabine Rifles) Capt. McLean's Co. (Ben. McCulloch Rangers) Capt. Mooney's Co. (Saddlers Guards), Militia 412 Moreau Guards, Militia Capt. Noble's Co. (Planche Guards), Militia Capt. O'Hara's Co. (Pelican Guards, Co. B) Capt. Otero's Co. (Titterton's Guards), Militia Stanley Guards, Co. B, Militia Capt. Sugi's Co. (Sappers and Miners), Militia Vinson's Co., Scouts 413 Miscellaneous, Louisiana, A - L 414 M - Y Officers, Miscellaneous Organizations 16