25th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry - Confederate

Brief History
"25th Infantry Regiment was organized in April, 1862.

In November, 1864, the 25th had 82 effectives present for duty and surrendered with the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana.

Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin
Men often enlisted in a company recruited in the counties where they lived though not always. After many battles, companies might be combined because so many men were killed or wounded. However if you are unsure which company your ancestor was in, try the company recruited in his county first.

The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database lists 1,637 men on its roster for this unit. Roster.

Regimental History and Roster

 * Battle fields of Louisiana revisited a second time. By Thomas McManus. Hartford, Conn.: The Fowler & Miller co., 1898. Online at: Internet Archive

Other Sources

 * Beginning United States Civil War Research gives steps for finding information about a Civil War soldier. It covers the major records that should be used. Additional records are described in ‘Louisiana in the Civil War’ and ‘United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865’ (see below).


 * National Park Service, The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, is searchable by soldier's name and state. It contains basic facts about soldiers on both sides of the Civil War, a list of regiments, descriptions of significant battles, sources of the information, and suggestions for where to find additional information.


 * Louisiana in the Civil War describes many Confederate and Union sources, specifically for Louisiana, and how to find them.. These include compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * United States Civil War, 1861 to 1865 describes and explains United States and Confederate States records, rather than state records, and how to find them. These include veterans’ censuses, compiled service records, pension records, rosters, cemetery records, Internet databases, published books, etc.


 * Duff, W. H. (William Hiram). The truth : a piano in Confederate trenches, McPheely and his pioneers, a romantic story of the siege of Jackson, Mississippi, July, 1863. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990), and Terrors and horrors of prison life, or Six month a prisoner at Camp Chase, Ohio. (Bethesda, Maryland : University Publications of America, c1990),