Category: 15th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, United States Civil War

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Battle Flag 15th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry [also called 2nd Regiment Polish Brigade] was organized near Richmond, Virginia, in July, 1862, by consolidating the 3rd and part of the 7th Louisiana Infantry Battalions. The men were from the parishes of Plaquemines, St Helena, Iberville, Catahoula, and Jefferson. It was assigned to General Starke's, Nicholl's, Iverson's, Stafford's, and York's Brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. The 15th participated in many conflicts from Cedar Mountain to Cold Harbor, served with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, and saw action around Appomattox. It reported 11 killed and 53 wounded at Second Manassas, had 3 killed and 12 wounded at Sharpsburg, and had 5 killed and 37 wounded at Chancellorsville. Of the 186 engaged at Gettysburg, twenty-one percent were disabled. When the unit surrendered, only 2 officers and 17 men were present. See National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database.

Officers: Colonels Charles M Bradford and Edmund Pendleton, Lieutenant Colonels McGavock Goodwyn and Robert A Wilkinson, and Major Andrew Brady.


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