14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army January 2024 January 2024 14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment File:ZYork.jpg 150 Colonel Zebulon York was the regiment's third commander. He became a brigadier general. 16 June 1861 – 9 April 1865 Confederate States of America Flag of Louisiana (February 1861).svg Louisiana CSA Infantry Regiment 1st Louisiana Brigade (Hays')2nd Louisiana Brigade (Nicholls', Stafford's, York's) Zebulon York American Civil War Siege of Yorktown (1862) Battle of Williamsburg (1862) Battle of Seven Pines (1862) Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (1862) Battle of Gaines' Mill (1862) Battle of Glendale (1862) Battle of Cedar Mountain (1862) Second Battle of Bull Run (1862) Battle of Antietam (1862) Battle of Fredericksburg (1862) Battle of Chancellorsville (1863) Second Battle of Winchester (1863) Battle of Gettysburg (1863) Battle of Mine Run (1863) Battle of the Wilderness (1864) Battle of Spotsylvania (1864) Battle of Cold Harbor (1864) Battle of Monocacy (1864) Third Battle of Winchester (1864) Battle of Fisher's Hill (1864) Battle of Cedar Creek (1864) Siege of Petersburg (1864–65) Battle of Appomattox (1865) Louisiana Infantry Regiments (Confederate) 13th-20th Consolidated Louisiana Infantry 15th Louisiana Infantry The 14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Formed in June 1861 as the 1st Regiment, Polish Brigade, the unit was later accepted into Confederate service as the 13th Regiment. After being sent to fight in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, it was renamed the 14th Regiment. In 1862, it fought at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines' Mill and Glendale. At Glendale, the unit suffered a severe number of casualties and, thereafter, surviving members of the regiment dubbed the battle "the Slaughterhouse."Waters Zack C. A small but spartan band : the Florida brigade in Lee's Army of Northern Virginia 2013 University Alabama Press Tuscaloosa, AL. 9780817357740 22 After being assigned to the 1st Louisiana Brigade, the regiment fought at Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, and Antietam. It transferred to the 2nd Louisiana Brigade and served at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Second Winchester, Gettysburg, Mine Run and the Wilderness. At Spotsylvania most of the regiment's soldiers were captured. Its remains fought at Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Third Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and Petersburg in 1864. A few survivors surrendered at Appomattox in 1865.Bergeron 1989 106–109 See also List of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units Louisiana in the Civil War Notes 3 References Battles & Leaders 1956 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War 2 1956 1883 Castle New York, N.Y. Battles & Leaders 1987 Battles and Leaders of the Civil War 4 1987 1883 Castle Secaucus, N.J. 0-89009-572-8 Bergeron Arthur W. Jr. Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865 1989 Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge, La. 0-8071-2102-9 Hennessy John J. Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas 1999 University of Oklahoma Press Norman, Okla. 0-8061-3187-X Priest John Michael Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle 1989 Oxford University Press New York, N.Y. 0-19-508466-7 Rhea Gordon C. Gordon C. Rhea The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 1994 Louisiana State University Press Baton Rouge, La. 0-8071-1873-7 Sears Stephen W. Stephen W. Sears Chancellorsville 1996 Houghton Mifflin Co. New York, N.Y. 0-395-87744-X Sears Stephen W. Stephen W. Sears To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsular Campaign 2001 Mariner Books New York, N.Y. 0-618-12713-5 Trudeau Noah Andre Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage 2002 HarperCollins New York, N.Y. 0-06-019363-8 Category:Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Louisiana Category:1861 establishments in Louisiana Category:Military units and formations established in 1861 Category:1865 disestablishments in Louisiana Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1865