Civil War, 19th Regiment LA Infantry - DeSoto & Various Parishes, Louisiana
Surnames L-Z
19th Regiment Louisiana Infantry (Vivil War)
Most of the following
men enlisted (Sept, Oct & Nov 1861) for 12 months in
Companies organized in these Parishes before arriving at Camp Moore, Tangipahoa,
LA.
Those Companies are :
Company A (Vance Guards from Bossier Parish, LA)
Company
B
(Robins Grays from Bossier Parish, LA)
Company C (Claiborne Volunteers from
Claiborne
Parish, LA)
Company D (Claiborne Greys from Claiborne Parish, LA)
Company E
(Stars
of Equality from Union Parish, LA)
Company F (Henry Marshall Guards from DeSoto
Parish,
LA)
Company G (Caddo 10th from Caddo Parish, LA)
Comapny H (DeSoto Creoles
from
DeSoto Parish, LA)
Company I (Keachi Warriors from Caddo Parish, LA)
Company
K
(Anacoca Rangers from Sabine Parish & Rapides Parish, LA)
Please note that
Company I
had quite a few men from DeSoto Parish in it.
Towards the end of the war the 19th was on of the companies consolidated to form
the Pelican
Regiment Louisiana Infantry. In the Pelican Regiment Louisana Infantry the
19th lined up this way:
Company A (Companies A, I, E of the 19th)
Company D (Companies C, F, G, & K of
the 19th)
Company E (Companies B, D & H of the 19th) (Scroll to the bottom for more
information)
The Battles the 19th Regiment Louisiana Infantry fought in mentioned above
are:Battle of Atlanta, GA
Battle of Chattanooga, TN
Battle of Franklin, TN
Battle of Jonesboro, GA
Battle of Mansfield, LA
Battle of Missionary Ridge, TN
Battle of Nashville, TN
Battle of New Hope Church, GA
Battle of Pleasant Hill, LA
Battle of Poor House, GA
Battle of Pumpkinvine Creek, GA
Battle of Resaca, GA
Battle of Shiloh, TN
Battle of Spanish Fort, AL
The Yankee Prison Camps mentioned above are:
Camp Chase, Ohio was located four miles west of Columbus, Ohio.
Camp Douglas, Illinois was near Chicago, Illinois
Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Indiana
Fort Delaware, Delaware was located on Pea Patch Island on the Delaware River.
Military Prison, Alton, Illinois
Rock Island Barracks, Rock Island, Illinois was located on the Mississippi River
A. McMILLAN, Pvt., Co. I, enlisted 11 Dec 1861 at Camp Moore, LA.
Captured 16 May 1864 at the Battle of Resaca, GA & sent to Alton Military
Prison, Alton, IL.
(name also, Absolem, Abram & Abraham)
B. McMILLAN, Cpl., Co. I, enlisted 11 Dec 1861 at Camp Moore, LA.
(source of this information is:
https://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/la/desoto/military/civilwar/infantry/19th00lz.txt) |