CONFEDERATE LOUISIANA TROOPS
8th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
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8th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in June,
1861. Its members were from the parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Bienville,
St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Landry, Webster, Rapides, and Plaquemines. Sent to Virginia, six
companies (508 men) were held in reserve during the Battle of First Manassas, then the regiment moved to
Winchester. During the war it was brigaded under Generals R. Taylor, Hays, and York. It fought
in Jackson's Valley Campaign and on many battlefields of the Army of Northern Virginia from the
Seven Days' Battles to Cold
Harbor. The 8th went on to participate in Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley, then
shared in various conflicts around Appomattox. It reported 9 killed and 37
wounded at Cross Keys and Port Republic, had 15 killed and 69 wounded during the Seven Days'
Battles, and sustaining 91 casualties in the Maryland Campaign. The unit lost 12 killed and 71
wounded at Chancellorsville and twenty-five percent of the 296 engaged at Gettysburg. It had 162 captured at Rappahannock Station. Only 3 officers
and 54 men surrendered. Its commanders were Colonels Alcibiades DeBlanc, Henry B. Kelly,
and Trevanion D. Lewis; Lieutenant Colonels Germain A. Lester and Francis T. Nicholls; and
Major John B. Prados.
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