CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
1st Regiment, Louisiana Infantry (Strawbridge's)
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1st Regular Infantry Regiment, formerly the 1st Louisiana Militia Infantry, entered
Confederate service in February, 1861. Most of the officers and men were from New Orleans and
the immediate area. It served at Pensacola, then moved to Tennessee and took an active part in
the Battle of Shiloh. After being
on duty in Mississippi, the unit was assigned to Deas', Liddell's, and Gibson's Brigade. It
participated in many conflicts from Murfreesboro to Nashville, then served at Mobile. This
regiment lost 8 killed, 71 wounded, and 23 missing at Murfreesboro, had 4 officers and 64 men in
December, 1863, and during the Atlanta Campaign, May 9-27, reported 13
casualties. Only 39 men were present in November, 1864, and half that number were included in
the surrender of the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana. The field officers
were Colonels Daniel W. Adams, Adley H. Gladden, John A. Jaquess, and James Strawbridge;
Lieutenant Colonels S.S. Batchelor, Frederick H. Farrar, Jr., and Frederick M. Kent; and Majors
Charles M. Bradford and Douglas West.
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