Historical Sketch and Roster of the Louisiana 12th Infantry Regiment
Historical Sketch and Roster of the Louisiana 12th Infantry Regiment

Author: John C. Rigdon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-03-26

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 1387697641

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The Louisiana 12th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in August, 1861. Its companies were from the parishes of Caldwell, Claiborne, Vermilion, Cameron, Calcasieu, Jackson, Ouachita, Bossier, and Iberia. Sent to Missouri, the unit was captured at Island No. 10 in April, 1862. After being exchanged, it was assigned to Rust's, Buford's, T.M. Scott's, and Lowry's Brigade. It fought at Champion's Hill and Jackson before participating in the campaigns of the Army of Tennessee from Resaca to Bentonville. In July, 1862, the unit contained 41 officers and 546 men, reported 11 killed, 57 wounded, and 5 missing out of the 318 engaged at Peach Tree Creek, lost many during Hood's Tennessee Campaign, and surrendered with only a remnant on April 26, 1865. Its commanders were Colonel Thomas M. Scott; Lieutenant Colonels James A. Boyd, Wade H. Hough, Noel L. Nelson, and Thomas C. Standifer; and Majors John C. Knott and Henry V. McCain.

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Mississippi 37th Infantry Regiment
Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Mississippi 37th Infantry Regiment

Author: John C Rigdon

Publisher: Independently Published

Published: 2019-05-08

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9781097476367

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The Mississippi 37th Infantry Regiment was organized during the spring of 1862 with men recruited in the counties of Clarke, Lowndes, Greene, De Soto, Jasper, and Claiborne. After participating in numerous battles in Mississippi the unit was assigned to General Hebert's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana. It was captured when Vicksburg fell and during the siege it lost 17 killed, 56 wounded, and 7 missing. Exchanged, the regiment contained 26 officers and 442 men in December, 1863. It then served under Generals Mackall, Cantey, and Featherston in the Army of Tennessee. The 37th fought in the Atlanta Campaign, endured Hood's winter operations in Tennessee, and ended the war in North Carolina. It reported 5 killed and 27 wounded of the 453 engaged at Iuka, had 19 killed and 62 wounded at Corinth, and sustained 81 casualties at Hatchie's Bridge. Many were disabled in Tennessee, and early in 1865 its ten companies were reduced to three and the unit was redesignated the 37th Battalion. It surrendered in April.Company A -- Patton's Company Mississippi Boys (raised in Clarke & Lauderdale Counties, MS)Company B -- McLain Rifles (raised in Clarke County, MS)Company C -- Clarke County Rescuers (raised in Clarke County, MS)Company D - Enterprise Guards (Tigers) - Clarke CountyCompany E -- Shubuta Guards (raised in Clarke County, MS)Company F -- DeSoto Rifles (raised in Clarke County, MS)Company G -- Yancey Guards (raised in Smith County, MS)Company H -- Jasper Avengers (raised in Jasper County, MS)Company I -- McLemore Guards (raised in Lauderdale County, MS)Company K -- Jasper Guards (raised in Jasper County, MS)

Historical Sketch and Roster of the Mississippi 4th Infantry Regiment
Historical Sketch and Roster of the Mississippi 4th Infantry Regiment

Author: John C. Rigdon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-07-17

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1387106791

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The Mississippi 4th Infantry Regiment was organized at Grenada as the Fourth Regiment, Second Brigade, Army of Mississippi, and enlisted for twelve months. The Fourth was among the troops posted at Fort Henry on the Tennessee River, under General Lloyd Tilghman. The troops were transferred to Fort Donelson and there captured. Following exchange they were then surrendered at Vicksburg and continued throughout the remainder of the war in the Atlanta Campaign, Franklin, and Nashville, ending the war in the defense of Mobile.

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The South Carolina 23rd Infantry Regiment
Historical Sketch And Roster Of The South Carolina 23rd Infantry Regiment

Author: John C. Rigdon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2018-09-07

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 035907443X

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The South Carolina 23rd Infantry Regiment [also called Coast Rangers] was assembled at Charleston, South Carolina, in November, 1861. Most of the men were from Horry, Georgetown, Charleston, and Colleton counties. After being stationed in South Carolina, the regiment moved to Virginia and during the war served in General Evans', Elliot's, and Wallace's Brigade.

Legendary Louisiana Outlaws
Legendary Louisiana Outlaws

Author: Keagan LeJeune

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2016-03-21

Total Pages: 266

ISBN-13: 0807162590

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From the infamous pirate Jean Laffite and the storied couple Bonnie and Clyde, to less familiar bandits like train-robber Eugene Bunch and suspected murderer Leather Britches Smith, Legendary Louisiana Outlaws explores Louisiana's most fascinating fugitives. In this entertaining volume, Keagan LeJeune draws from historical accounts and current folklore to examine the specific moments and legal climate that spawned these memorable characters. He shows how Laffite embodied Louisiana's shift from an entrenched French and Spanish legal system to an American one, and relates how the notorious groups like the West and Kimbrell Clan served as community leaders and law officers but covertly preyed on Louisiana's Neutral Strip residents until citizens took the law into their own hands. Likewise, the bootlegging Dunn brothers in Vinton, he explains, demonstrate folk justice's distinction between an acceptable criminal act (operating an illegal moonshine still) and an unacceptable one (cold-blooded murder). Recounting each outlaw's life, LeJeune also considers their motives for breaking the law as well as their attempts at evading capture. Running from authorities and trying to escape imprisonment or even death, these men and women often relied on the support of ordinary citizens, sympathetic in the face of oppressive and unfair laws. Through the lens of folk life, LeJeune's engaging narrative demonstrates how a justice system functions and changes and highlights Louisiana's particular challenges in adapting a system of law and order to work for everyone.

Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Texas 30th Cavalry Regiment
Historical Sketch And Roster Of The Texas 30th Cavalry Regiment

Author: John C. Rigdon

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2019-08-19

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0359863914

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On August 18, 1862, Col. Edward J. Gurley organized ten companies at Waco, Texas, to form the Thirtieth Texas Cavalry, also known as the First Texas Partisan Rangers. After the outbreak of the Civil War, Gurley obtained permission from President Jefferson Davis to raise a regiment of cavalry. A majority of the men Gurley enlisted in his command came from Waco and the surrounding area, many to avoid the stigma of conscription. Besides McLennan, men came from Bastrop, Johnson, Bosque, Comanche, Chambers, Erath, Hill, and Ellis counties, all in North Central Texas near the frontier, with a small number of men from Arkansas. After the Second Battle of Cabin Creek, the Thirtieth Texas Cavalry received orders that transferred it to Gen. William Henry Parson's Brigade, replacing the Twenty-first Texas Cavalry in March 1865. The Thirtieth Texas Cavalry finally disbanded in May 1865 at Wallace Prairie, Texas, near Austin after serving with Parson's Brigade for only two months.

The Boys of Diamond Hill
The Boys of Diamond Hill

Author: J. Keith Jones

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2023-12-11

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1476649952

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In 1861, brothers Daniel and Pressley Boyd left their farm in Abbeville County, South Carolina to join the Confederate army. William, Thomas and Andrew soon followed, along with brother-in-law Fenton Hall. During the Civil War, they collectively fought in almost every theater of the conflict and saw firsthand every aspect of soldier life--from death and illness to friendly fire and desertion. By war's end only Daniel survived. Based on their extensive personal correspondence, this updated edition includes 30 never before published letters, along with new research revealing additional family background and undiscovered information about the fates of the Boyd brothers and other family members.