Confederate Regiment

5th Louisiana Infantry

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

Commanding Officer on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Col. Henry Forno

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

Unit history

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.

Map Showing this Unit

Detail Map #1: Hookers First Corps Sweeps Down the Hagerstown Pike (5-7 am)

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 #342: Hays' Brigade, Ewell's Division - 16 Sep, 10 PM to 17 Sep, 8 AM
Tablet #383: 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

References & Notes

Source: Regiment Sketch from the The Civil War in Louisiana site.

We have 50 individuals in the AotW database who were on the Maryland Campaign with this unit:

Co.	Rank	Name	Casualty?
A	Corp	Henry, Michael	WIA/POW 09/17
B	Pvt	Berry, Richard	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Fondy, Charles	WIA 09/17
B	Lt	Gerold, Robert	KIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Pendigrast, Jeremiah	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Percey, James	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Simon, Victor	WIA 09/17
B	Sgt	Singletary, George W.	WIA 09/17
B	Pvt	Weller, George	WIA 09/17
C	Lt	Headler, George	WIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Kearnan, James	KIA 09/17
C	Pvt	Reifel, Michael	WIA/POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Clifford, Robert	MWIA 09/17
D	Pvt	Lowe, George H.	WIA 00/00
D	Pvt	Moran, James J.	WIA/POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Porter, Walton	WIA/POW 09/17
D	Pvt	Shockey, Alexander Hamilton	WIA/POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Bartlett, William A.T.	WIA/POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Behan, Charles John	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Brown, R. A.	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Bryde, Arthur	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Butler, James F.	POW 09/17
E	Sgt	Colton, William E.	KIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Gusman, Alfred Valerie	POW 09/19
E	Capt	Hart, Alexander	WIA 09/17
E	Pvt	Kenning, Henry	POW 09/17
E	Pvt	Smith, R. E.	MWIA 09/17
F	Lt	Caufield, Nicholas A.	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Caufield, William	KIA 09/17
F	Pvt	Fitzsimmons, John	KIA 09/17
F	Sgt	Gubbins, James
F	Pvt	Jenkins, David	MWIA 09/17
F	Lt	Kelly, Daniel	POW 09/17
F	Sgt	McKeough, Francis M.	WIA 09/17
F	Capt	Richardson, Frederick
G	Lt	Hagan, Frederick	MWIA 09/17
G	Pvt	Smith, John	MWIA 09/17
H	Corp	Hewitt, Andrew	POW 09/17
H	Sgt	Murphy, John	WIA/POW 09/17
H	Sgt	Smith, John M.	KIA 09/17
I	Sgt	Fields, Patrick	WIA 09/17
I	Pvt	Kendal, Moses	POW 09/17
I	Sgt	Levering, Cassius	WIA 09/17
I	Lt	Patterson, Jerome	WIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Auker, Michael	MWIA 09/17
K	Pvt	Corbett, Thomas	AWOL 09/19
K	Sgt	McLees, George W.	KIA 09/17
F&S	Chpl	Baldwin, L. H.	POW 09/17
F&S	Col	Forno, Henry
F&S	Maj	Menger, Bruce	WIA 09/17

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