Unit

Confederate Regiment

5th Louisiana Infantry

Organized: New Orleans, Louisiana; mustered in 5/1861
Disbanded/Mustered out: Appomattox Courthouse, VA 4/9/1865

Commanding Officer:
Col. Henry Forno

Map Showing this Unit:
   Detail Map #1: Hookers I Corps' Sweeps Down the Pike

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit:
   Tablet #314: Jackson's Command - 15 Sep, 4 PM to 16 Sep, 10 PM
   Tablet #326: Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command - 15 Sep, 6 PM to 16 Sep, 10 PM
   Tablet #383: Hays' Brigade, Ewell's Division - 16 Sep, 10 PM to 17 Sep, 8 AM
   Tablet #342: Hays' Brigade, Ewell's Division - 16 Sep, 10 PM to 17 Sep, 8 AM
   Tablet #315: Jackson's Command - 17 Sep, 5 AM to 17 Sep, 10 AM

This Regiment's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Jackson's Command
  Division - Ewell's Division
  Brigade - Hays' Brigade

History of the Unit:
The 5th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was recruited in New Orleans and the parishes of St. Bernard, Bienville, De Soto, Lafourche, and Ouachita. It was sent to Virginia and assigned to the Department of the Peninsula in 1861 with 744 men. During the war it was attached to the Army of Northern Virginia, and served in its campaigns. Only 1 officer and 18 men surrendered in April, 1865.

References, Sources, and other Notes:
Source: Regiment Sketch from the The Civil War in Louisiana site.

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