1st New Orleans Infantry Regiment

1st Louisiana Regiment New Orleans Infantry 1864–1866 United States of America USA 1861 Union Army Infantry American Civil War The 1st Louisiana Regiment New Orleans Infantry was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Dyer Frederick Henry Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories T. Yoseloff 1908 New York https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0146%3Achapter%3D16%3Aregiment%3Dreg151 The Regiment was organized in New Orleans, Louisiana, on March 6, 1864, and was on garrison and guard duty in the New Orleans defenses. The 2nd New Orleans Infantry Regiment, which failed to complete organization, was merged into the 1st New Orleans in August, 1864. The unit mustered out in May 1866. 1,377 men total enlisted into the 1st New Orleans Regiment. In additional to local Louisianans, 206 of the enlistees were from Southern Mississippi, many of which were Unionists or deserters from Confederate service.Bynum Victoria Crossing the Rubicon of Loyalties: Piney Woods enlistees in the Union 1st and 2nd New Orleans Infantry https://renegadesouth.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/crossing-the-rubicon-of-loyalties-piney-woods-enlistees-in-the-union-1st-and-2nd-north-orleans-infantry/ Renegade South 26 May 2011 22 January 2024 See also American Civil War List of Louisiana Union Civil War units References New Orleans Infantry, 001 Louisiana New Orleans Infantry, 001 Category:Military units and formations established in 1864 Category:1864 establishments in Louisiana Category:Military units and formations disestablished in 1866 Category:1866 disestablishments in the United States