The First Louisiana was one of two brigades of Louisiana infantry which served with
the 2nd Corps Army of Northern Virginia. It was formed by combining the 5th, 6th, 7th,
8th, 9th and 14th Louisiana infantry regiments into a brigade and Wheat's Tiger Battalion.
Not all of the units served together the entire war. Initially, the brigade consisted of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th regiments and Wheat's Battalion. The 9th was transferred to 2nd Louisiana Brigade, and the 5th and 14th regiments were added to 1st Louisiana Brigade, July 26, 1862. Wheat's Battalion was disbanded after the Seven Days Campaign.
In October 1862, the 9th was swapped with the 14th, returning the 9th to 1st Brigade and sending the 14th to 2nd Louisiana Brigade. Thus, the 1st Louisiana Brigade consisted of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th regiments from October 1862 to Appomattox 1865.
May 4: Williamsburg, Virginia
May 23: Jackson's Valley Campaign - Front Royal, Virginia
May 25: Jackson's Valley Campaign - Winchester, Virginia
June 9: Jackson's Valley Campaign - Port Republic, Virginia
June 30 - July 6: Seven Days Campaign, Virginia
August 9: Cedar Mountain, Virginia
August 29 - 30: Second Manassas, Virginia
September 17: Antietam - Sharpsburg, Maryland
December 13: Fredericksburg, Virginia
1863May 4: Salem Church, Virginia
June 13 - 15: Winchester, Virginia
July 1 - 3:
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Early's attack - first day; Culps and
Cemetery
Hills - second day
November 7: Rappahannock Station, Virginia
1864 May 5: Battle of the Wilderness, VirginiaMay 9 - 19: Spotsylvania, Virginia, defense of the Mule Shoe
June 1 - 3: Cold Harbor, Virginia
June 10: Early's Valley Campaign
June 12: Petersburg, Virginia Siege
1865 January: Petersburg, Virginia SiegeFebruary: Petersburg, Virginia Siege
March: Petersburg, Virginia Siege, assault on Fort Steadman
April 9: 14 Officers and 251 men surrendered at Appomattox, Virginia
7,534 officers and men served in the various regiments of the First Louisiana Brigade during the War. 1,743 members of the 1st Brigade, sons of Louisiana, gave their lives for their country in the War Between the States. A larger number of the Brigade was captured when they were overrun at Rappahannock Station, Virginia on November 7, 1864 than the number that were killed during the War .
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