Category: 17th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, United States Civil War
Categories: Louisiana, United States Civil War | Confederate Army Regiments, United States Civil War | Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
17th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry was organized at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the parishes of Ouachita, Sabine, Catahoula, Plaquemines, Orleans, Caddo, Bossier, Morehouse, and Claiborne. The unit fought at Shiloh and in July, 1862, contained 27 officers and 373 men. Assigned to Baldwin's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, it lost 2 killed, 10 wounded, and 1 missing at Chickasaw Bayou, then was captured at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized, the regiment was placed in A Thomas' Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and engaged the Federals within the boundaries of Louisiana. Early in 1865 it disbanded. See National Park Service Soldiers and Sailors Database.
- Officers: Colonels S S Heard and Robert Richardson; Lieutenant Colonels Charles Jones and Madison Rogers; and Majors Robert B Jones, William A Maddox, William A Redditt, and David W Self.
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