The 24th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in
Louisiana that fought in the
Confederate States Army during the
American Civil War. The Crescent Regiment, a state militia unit, transferred to Confederate service at
New Orleans in March 1862 for a 90-day enlistment. The regiment immediately traveled to join the Confederaste army at
Corinth, Mississippi, and fought at
Shiloh and
First Corinth. The regiment disbanded in June at the end of its term of service, most of the men joining the
18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. The regiment was revived at
New Iberia, Louisiana, in September 1862, where it was rejoined by the men in the 18th Louisiana. It fought at
Georgia Landing (Labadieville) in October 1862 and at
Fort Bisland
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in April 1863. In November 1863 at
Simmesport, the regiment merged with the 11th and 12th Louisiana Infantry Battalions, becoming the Consolidated Crescent Regiment. The new regiment fought at
Mansfield
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,
Pleasant Hill, and
Yellow Bayou in April and May 1864. At Mansfield, all three
field officers were fatalities and 175 soldiers became casualties. The regiment spent the rest of the war in Arkansas and Louisiana before disbanding in May 1865.
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List of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units
This is a list of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units. The list of Louisiana Union Civil War units is shown separately.
Confederate Army
Infantry
The following list includes infantry regiments and battalions.
* 1st Infantry – served wit ...
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Louisiana in the Civil War
Louisiana was a dominant population center in the southwest of the Confederate States of America, controlling the wealthy trade center of New Orleans, and contributing the French Creole and Cajun populations to the demographic composition o ...
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Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Louisiana
1862 establishments in Louisiana
Military units and formations established in 1862
1865 disestablishments in Louisiana
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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