15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army January 2024 January 2024 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment File:Starke Louisiana Brigade fighting with stones at the embankment near the Deep Cut.jpg 250px At the Second Battle of Bull Run, the men of Starke's Louisiana Brigade hurled rocks at the Federals on the opposite side of the railroad embankment. 16 June 1861 – 9 April 1865 Confederate States of America Flag of Louisiana (February 1861).svg Louisiana CSA Infantry Regiment 2nd Louisiana Brigade (Starke's, Nicholls', Stafford's, York's) Edmund Pendleton 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) 14th Louisiana Infantry 16th Louisiana Infantry The 15th 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 2nd Regiment, Polish Brigade, the unit was sent to fight in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. As the 3rd Louisiana Infantry Battalion, the unit served at Beaver Dam Creek and Glendale. After two companies from the 7th Louisiana Infantry Battalion were added in July 1862, the unit reorganized as the 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. It joined the 2nd Louisiana Brigade and fought at Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg in 1862. It served at Chancellorsville, Second Winchester, Gettysburg, and Mine Run in 1863. The regiment fought at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Third Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and Petersburg in 1864. A handful of survivors surrendered at Appomattox in 1865.Bergeron 1989 110–111 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