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Noble's Company, Louisiana Militia (Planche Guards) 2 MEN
Norwood's Company, Louisiana Cavalry Militia (Jeff Davis Rangers) 66 MEN
Nutt's Company, Louisiana Cavalry (Red River Rangers) 51 MEN
Ogden's Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry 480 MEN
O'Hara's Company, Louisiana (Pelican Guards Company B) 138 MEN
Orleans Fire Regiment, Louisiana Militia 473 MEN
Orleans Guards Regiment, Louisiana Militia Orleans Guards Infantry Battalion was a six-company pre-war militia unit that entered Confederate service in December, 1861. The men were from New Orleans and P.G.T. Beauregard was a member at one time. His name was called at each taking of the roll, and the answer was given was "Absent, on special assignment." It was attached to Colonel P. Pond's Brigade, Army of the Mississippi, and reported 17 killed, 55 wounded, and 18 missing in the Battle of Shiloh. Later the unit was mustered out of service, but most of the men transferred to other Louisiana commands. Major Leon Querouze was in command. 1,115 MEN
Otero's Company, Louisiana Militia (Titterton's Guards) 2 MEN
Pelham's Regiment, Louisiana 2 MEN
Pelican Regiment, Louisiana Infantry 341 MEN
Picket Lines, Department of West Louisiana 1 MEN
Pointe Coupee Artillery, Louisiana Pointe Coupee Artillery Battalion was organized in November, 1861 with three companies. Its members were recruited in Pointe Coupee, West Baton Rouge, and Concordia parishes. Captain R.A. Stewart's Company fought at Belmont, then the battalion was captured at Island No. 10 in April, 1862. Exchanged at Grenada, Mississippi, it contained 165 officers and men in June. Later it was assigned to the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and during the siege of Vicksburg it lost 4 killed and 5 wounded. After it was exchanged again, the battalion was consolidated into one company. It then joined the Army of Tennessee and was active in the Atlanta, Tennessee, and North Carolina Campaigns. With less than 25 men it surrendered on April 26, 1865. Captains Alcide Bouanchaud, W. A. Davidson, and Alexander Chust were in command. 753 MEN
Pointe Coupee Regiment, Louisiana Militia 19 MEN
Provisional Regiment, Louisiana Legion 11 MEN
Purdy's Battery, Louisiana 2 MEN
Red River Sharpshooters, Louisiana 106 MEN
Sabine Reserves, Louisiana 47 MEN
Shelby's Battalion, Louisiana 4 MEN
Siege Train Battalion, Louisiana Artillery 114 MEN
Southern Protective Guards, Louisiana 2 MEN
St. Charles Light Artillery, Louisiana Militia 1 MEN
St. James Regiment, Louisiana Militia 241 MEN
St. John the Baptist Reserve Guards, Louisiana Militia 74 MEN
Stanley Guards, Company B, Louisiana Militia 94 MEN
St. Marys Regiment, Louisiana Confederate Louisiana 3 MEN
St. Martins Regiment, Louisiana Militia Confederate Louisiana 25 MEN
Subdistrict of West Louisiana 2 MEN
Surgi's Company, Louisiana Militia (Sappers and Miners) Confederate Louisiana 8 MEN
Terrebonne Regiment, Louisiana Militia Confederate Louisiana 62 MEN
Thomas' Brigade, Louisiana Infantry Confederate Louisiana 3 MEN
Unassigned Louisiana Confederate Louisiana 1 MEN
Vermillion Regiment, Louisiana Militia Confederate Louisiana 180 MEN
Vinson's Company, Louisiana Scouts  47 MEN
Washington Battalion, Louisiana Artillery Washington Artillery Battalion was organized in 1838 and fought in the Mexican War. It then was known as the "Native American" Battery. Reorganized in 1852 as the Washington Artillery, it was mustered into Confederate service on May 26, 1861 with five companies. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Companies fought at First Manassas and in the difficult campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia from Seven Pinesto Gettysburg. They were involved at Drewry's Bluff and Cold Harbor, then participated in the Petersburg siege south and north of the James River and the Appomattox Campaign. The battalion lost 4 killed and 26 wounded during the Maryland Campaign, had 3 killed and 22 wounded at Fredericksburg, and of the 329 engaged at Gettysburg, eighteen percent were disabled. On April 9, 1865, only 3 officers and 22 men were present. The 5th Company fought at Shiloh, was active in the Kentucky Campaign and the Battle of Murfreesboro, then moved to Mississippi. Later it participated in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Chickamauga to Nashville and in 1865 shared in the defense of Mobile. The company lost 1 killed and 4 wounded at Murfreesboro, had 5 officers and 132 men fit for duty in January, 1863, and reported 10 killed and 20 wounded at Chickamauga. It totaled 118 men in December, 1863, and 116 in April, 1864. Most of the unit was captured when Mobile fell, but a small number surrendered at West Point, Georgia, in mid-April, 1865. The field officers were Colonel James B. Walton, Lieutenant Colonels Benjamin F. Eshlman and William M. Owen, and Major Merrit B. Miller. 1,840 MEN
Watkins' Battalion, Louisiana Reserve Corps 70 MEN
Watson Battery, Louisiana Artillery Watson Light Artillery, organized at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, during the early fall of 1861, contained men from Livingston, East Baton Rouge, and St. Helena parishes. The unit was active in the fight at Belmont and on November 30, had 5 officers and 94 men present for duty. Later it was assigned to Moaxey's and Beall's Brigade, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, and after serving in Mississippi became part of the garrison at Port Hudson. Here the company was converted to heavy artillery and captured on July 9, 1863. The men were exchanged, but the unit was not reorganized. Many of its members joined the 1st Louisiana Regular Artillery Regiment. Captain Daniel Beltzhoover was in command. 280 MEN
Weatherly's Battalion, Louisiana Infantry 58 MEN
Webb's Company, Louisiana Cavalry 112 MEN
White's Battery, Louisiana Artillery 3 MEN
White's Company, Louisiana Cavalry 5 MEN