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Civil War in Louisiana |
Members of the LA 1st Infantry Battalion, Company D. Photo taken at New Orleans.
HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Louisiana 1st Zouave Battalion was formed with six companies on March 22, 1861, at Camp Walker, near New Orleans, Louisiana, by G. A. G. Coppens. It boasted of many experienced veterans of the Crimean War. Their uniforms were red Turkish trousers, red kepis, and blue jackets, and their orders were given in French. With about 600 officers and men, the unit moved to Virginia. Here it was assigned to the Department of the Peninsula, and later to Pryor's and Starke's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The battalion was active from the Seven Days' Battles to Fredericksburg, then served on provost duty in the Department of Richmond.
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Company E became Company A, 12th Heavy Artillery Battalion in August 1862. Companies B and C of the 7th Infantry Battalion were assigned to this battalion in May 1862.
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Gordon, Gen. John B. Confederate Military History - Louisiana Volume |
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Booth, Andrew B. Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands |
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Rigdon, John C. Historical Sketch & Roster of the Louisiana First Infantry Battalion (Coppens) |
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