Louisiana in the War of 1812

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Introduction
The last battle of the War of 1812 took place in January 1815 in New Orleans. The battle happened after the war officially ended in December 1814.

Louisiana Military Units
The following information about military units (currently incomplete) is taken from Index to Louisiana Soldiers During the War of 1812, which is a name index taken from the index compiled by John Bennett Pierson.

 Militia 

1st Regiment, Louisiana Militia (Dejan's)

2nd Regiment, Louisiana Militia (Cavelier's)

3rd Regiment, Louisiana Militia (de la Ronde's)

4th Regiment, Louisiana Militia (Morgan's)

6th Regiment, Louisiana Militia (Landry's)

12th and 13th Consolidated Regiment, Louisiana Militia

16th Regiment, Louisiana Militia (Thompson's)

Baker's Regiment, Louisiana Militia

De Clouet's Regiment, Louisiana Militia

Plauche's Battalion, Louisiana Militia

Captain Ramsey's Company, Mounted Riflemen, Louisiana Militia

 Artillery 

Captain Colsson's Company, Artillery, Louisiana Volunteers

 Volunteers 

2nd Battalion, Louisiana Volunteers, (Peire's)

Records and Resources

 * Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists describes these pension records with a link to the records.


 * Pierson, Marion John Bennett, comp., Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812, ([S.l.]: Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, 1963). This is a roster of 12,500 persons in alphabetical order taken from the card files of the Adjutant General. Basically this is a comprehensive index to the the compiled service records. The USGenWeb list taken from this book gives name, rank, company and regiment or unit.


 * Louisiana State Pension Applications, War of 1812 Records consist of petitions to the court and the court proceedings proving eligibility for pension rights to soldiers of the War of 1812 and/or the Battle of New Orleans, which occurred in December 1814 and January 1815. This was a state funded pension and not a federal pension. They are arranged in alphabetical order according to the applicant. For more information, see Louisiana State Pension Applications, War of 1812 Records


 * Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812 on Ancestry.com ($) is a name searchable list of soldiers in the state militia during the War of 1812. Each entry includes the soldiers name, rank, company, and regiment or other unit.


 * Louisiana Miscellaneous Military Rosters, microfilm of typescript housed at the Louisiana National Guard, Jackson Barracks, New Orleans, Louisiana, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1990)..


 * War of 1812 Pensioners Living in Florida and Louisiana in the 1880's : and Others on the Roll Including Some Civil War Pensioners, (Wyandotte, Oklahoma: Gregath, [199-?] ).