Louisiana Civil War Union Units 1st through 7th

The information in the lists of Louisiana Military Units comes from the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors web site. That web site also can be searched by the name of a soldier.


 * 1st Battalion, Louisiana Cavalry Scouts Union (Union) "Compendium of the War of the Rebellion" by Frederick H. Dyer contains no history for this unit.


 * 1st Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Union) Organized at New Orleans, La., August, 1862. Mustered out December 18, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Union) Organized at New Orleans, La., July 30, 1862. Mustered out July 12, 1865.


 * 1st Regiment, New Orleans Infantry, Louisiana(Union) Organized at New Orleans, La., March 6, 1864. Mustered out May, 1866.


 * 1st Regiment, US Veteran Volunteer Engineers (Union)1st/3rd Battalions, Pioneer Brigade (Union)


 * 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Union) Organized at New Orleans, La., November 25, 1863, as 3rd Louisiana Infantry. Attached to Defences of New Orleans, Dept. of the Gulf. Consolidated with 1st Louisiana Cavalry September 7, 1864.


 * 2nd Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Union) Organized at New Orleans, La., September 29, 1862. Mustered out September 11, 1865.


 * 2nd Regiment, New Orleans Infantry, Louisiana(Union) Organization not completed. Duty in the Defences of New Orleans, La., till August, 1864. Operations in Calcasseu Pass May 6-10, 1864. Disbanded August 4, 1864, and transferred to 1st New Orleans Infantry.


 * 5th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Union) Failed to complete organization.


 * 6th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Colored)(Union) Organized at New Orleans, La., for 60 days. July 4, 1863. Duty at New Orleans. Mustered out August 13, 1863.


 * 7th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Colored)(Union) Organized at New Orleans, La., for 60 days, July 10, 1863. Duty at New Orleans. Mustered out August 6, 1863.