Louisiana Civil War Union Colored Troops

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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.


 * 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. Designated 64th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. Mustered out August 6, 1863.


 * 8th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, African Descent. Organized March 11, 1864 Became 47th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry Attached to 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, U.S. Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Mississippi October, 1864. Mustered out January 5, 1866.


 * 9th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, African Descent (old) Designated 1st Regiment, Mississippi Heavy Artillery (African descent). afterward 4th Regiment, United States Colored Artillery (Heavy) afterwards 5th Regiment, United States Colored Artillery (Heavy)


 * 9th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, African Descent (new) Designated 63rd Regiment, United States Colored Infantry.


 * 10th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry, African Descent Organized March 11, 1864 Attached to 1st Colored Brigade, District of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to April, 1864 Designated 48th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry. Mustered out March 27, 1866


 * 11th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (African Descent) Organized March 11, 1864 Attached to 1st Colored Brigade, District of Vicksburg, Mississippi, to April, 1864. Designated 49th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Mustered out March 20, 1866.


 * 12th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (African Descent) Designated 50th Regiment, United States Colored Troops. Organized March 11, 1864 Attached to Post of Goodrich Landing, District of Vicksburg. Mississippi to December, 1864 Mustered out June 16, 1866


 * Louisiana Light Artillery, 1st Battery (African Descent) Designated 2nd Regiment, United States Colored Artillery (Light) (Battery A, afterward Battery C).


 * Louisiana Light Artillery, 2nd Battery (African Descent) Designated2nd Regiment, United States Colored Artillery (Light) (Battery B, afterward Battery D).


 * Louisiana Light Artillery, 3rd Battery (African Descent) Designated 2nd Regiment, United States Colored Artillery (Light) (Battery C, afterward Battery E).


 * Louisiana Native Guards, Designated 6th and 7th Regiments Louisiana Infantry (Colored) (sixty days).


 * Louisiana Native Guards, 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery (African Descent), Companies A and B. Designated 1st Regiment Louisiana Heavy Artillery (African Descent) (Companies A and B), afterward 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery, Corps d'Afrique (Companies A and B), afterward 7th Regiment, United States Colored Artillery (Heavy) (Companies A and B), afterward 10th Regiment United States Colored Artillery (Heavy) (Companies A and B).


 * Louisiana Native Guards, 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery (African Descent), Company C (part) Designated 10th Regiment, United States Colored Artillery (Heavy) (part).


 * Louisiana Native Guards, 1st Regiment Infantry (African Descent) Designated 1st Regiment, Infantry, Corps d'Afrique, afterward 73rd Regiment United States Colored Infantry.


 * Louisiana Native Guards, 2nd Regiment Infantry (African Descent) 2nd Regiment Infantry, Corps d'Afrique, afterward 74th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry.


 * Louisiana Native Guards, 3rd Regiment, Infantry (African Descent) Designated 3rd Regiment, Infantry, Corps d'Afrique, afterward75th Regiment, United States Colored Infantry.