Louisiana 6th Infantry (Confederate)

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Regiment mustered in on May 14th, 1862. Regiment mustered out of service on June 11th, 1862.

Notable Battles:

• Port Republic fought on June 9th, 1862 near Rockingham County, Virginia
• Gaines' Mill fought on June 27th, 1862 near Hanover County, Virginia
• Malvern Hill fought on July 1st, 1862 near Henrico County, Virginia
• Cedar Mountain fought on August 9th, 1862 near Culpepper County, Virginia
• Second Bull Run fought on August 28th, 1862 - August 30th, 1862 near Prince William County, Virginia
• Chantilly fought on September 1st, 1862 near Fairfax Co, VA
• Antietam fought on September 17th, 1862 near Sharpsburg, Maryland
• Fredericksburg fought on December 13th, 1862 near Fredericksburg, Virginia
• Chancellorsville fought on April 30th, 1863 - May 6th, 1863 near Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Second Winchester fought on June 13th, 1863 - June 15th, 1863 near Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester County, Virginia
• Gettysburg fought on July 1st, 1863 - July 3rd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Brigade Leader(s): Hays. Division Leader(s): Early. Corp: II Corps. 
  • Blocher's Knoll fought on July 1st, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Brickyard Fight fought on July 1st, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
  • Cemetery Hill fought on July 2nd, 1863 near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Wilderness fought on May 5th, 1864 - May 7th, 1864 near Spotslyvania County, Virginia; Orange County, Virginia
• Spotsylvania Court House fought on May 8th, 1864 - May 21st, 1864 near Spotsylvania County, Virginia
• Cold Harbor fought on May 31st, 1864 - June 12th, 1864 near Hanover Co; near Mechanicsville
• Monocacy fought on July 9th, 1864 near Frederick County, Maryland
• Fort Stevens fought on July 11th, 1864 - July 12th, 1864 near District of Columbia
• Third Winchester fought on September 19th, 1864 near Frederick County, Virginia; Winchester, Virginia
• Fort Stedman fought on March 25th, 1865 near Petersburg
• Appomattox Court House fought on April 9th, 1865

Regiment was made up of:

• Company A
• Company B
• Company C
• Company D
• Company E
• Company F
• Company G
• Company H
• Company I
• Company F&S (Field and Staff)

Commander List: (#Prisoner Of War, ^Wounded, %=Died during war)

• Graham, Lewis (Second Lieutenant/Lieutenant, June 1861 - ?)
• Hamlin, Joseph (First Lieutenant; Captain; Lieutenant Colonel)
• Hunter, Andrew (Assistant Surgeon, ? - 1862; Assistant Surgeon/Assistant Surgn, 1862 - ?)
• Jackson, N Hart (Sergeant Major, June 1861 - ?)
• Lay, Louis (Lieutenant Colonel)
• Long, Mark (Sergeant/Ordnance Sergeant, June 1861 - ?)
• McKelvey, P B (Surgeon)
• Seymour, Isaac G. (%Colonel, ? - June 1862)
• Todd, Charles H (Surgeon, December 1863 - June 1864)
• Todd, Charles H (Assistant Surgeon/Surgeon, November 1861 - December 1862; Surgeon, December 1862 - June 1864)
• Walford, William Butler (#Assistant Surgeon, ? - 1863; Assistant Surg'n/Assistant Surgeon, 1863 - ?)
• Williams, John (Musician)