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The 1st Louisiana Infantry (Regulars) was organized on 5 February 1861 as a Louisiana State Army unit, before being transferred to Confederate service on 13 March, numbering 860 men, under the command of Colonel Adley H. Gladden. In early April it received orders to report for duty at Pensacola, but the governor called upon volunteer units to reinforce it for this mission as only Companies A, B, and C had finished recruiting by this point. Five volunteer companies were added and the regiment then moved to Pensacola, where it spent the next several weeks drilling. The remaining companies of the 1st Louisiana Infantry (Regulars) reported to Pensacola by late May, after which the volunteer companies became the 1st Louisiana Infantry Battalion and left for Virginia. The regiment continued drilling for the rest of the year, and its companies rotated through the duty of manning the heavy artillery batteries surrounding Pensacola. Gladden was promoted to brigade command on 10 September and was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel (simultaneously promoted to colonel) Daniel W. Adams. Two companies fought at Santa Rosa Island between 8 and 9 October, and the regiment fought in the defense of Fort McRae and Fort Barrancas between 22 and 23 November after they were bombarded from Fort Pickens by the Federals.
It was ordered to Corinth, Mississippi, on 26 February 1862, joining Gladden's Brigade (later the First Brigade) of Jones Withers' Division of Polk's I Corps in the Army of the Mississippi. At Corinth, the reportedly mainly Irish men of the regiment became drunk on whiskey, which they had not been able to get access to at Pensacola, according to an account by J.E. Carraway of the 19th Louisiana. During a Federal expedition towards Purdy, Tennessee, the regiment occupied the former between 9 and 14 March. Near Yellow Creek between 14 and 15 March, a detachment from the regiment repulsed a Federal force marching towards the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. The 1st Louisiana Regulars fought at Shiloh, and suffered heavy casualties in the opening attack on 6 April, leaving only 101 men present for duty by the end of the day. Gladden was mortally wounded and was replaced in command of the brigade by Adams, who had lost an eye while leading the regiment in a charge. It then participated in operations around Corinth between 29 April and 11 June, retreating with the army to Tupelo. Adams was promoted to brigadier general on 23 May and replaced by former Lieutenant Colonel John A. Jacques. After Braxton Bragg led the army by rail to Chattanooga via Mobile in July, the Louisianans marched with the army's wagon trains overland to Chattanooga.
The regiment was part of Withers' division in the Confederate invasion of Kentucky between 28 August and 19 October. The division marched to support other Confederate troops near Lexington on 7 October, and thus missed Perryville on the next day. The regiment retreated with the army and camped at Tullahoma, Tennessee, participating in the attack at Stones River between 31 December and 2 January 1863, losing 102 men killed, wounded, or missing. Among the casualties was mortally wounded regimental commander Lt. Col. Fred H. Farrar, who died on 3 January. The regiment was put on provost duty on 10 January. Jacques was cashiered after a court martial on 13 February 1863 and replaced by former Lieutenant Colonel James Strawbridge. It supported the army's reserve artillery in the spring and summer of 1863, and was temporarily consolidated with the 8th Arkansas Infantry on 25 August before it fought at Chickamauga between 19 and 20 September. Having less than 100 men present, it served as the army's headquarters guard during the Chattanooga Campaign; by January 1864 it had only 57 effectives. Strawbridge unsuccessfully requested that Adjutant General Samuel Cooper send the regiment back to Louisiana to recruit, though by April the regiment mustered 100 effectives. The regiment remained in this post at Dalton, Georgia, during the early spring of 1864, and were assigned to Randall L. Gibson's Louisiana brigade on 16 April.
With Gibson's Brigade, the regiment participated in the Atlanta Campaign between May and July, though it saw little combat until Ezra Church on 28 July. It then participated in the invasion of Tennessee, fighting at Nashville between 15 and 16 December. After the retreat from Tennessee the brigade withdrew to Mobile, Alabama, in February 1865. At Mobile, the regiment was consolidated with the 16th and 20th Louisiana Infantry Regiments and the 4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion under the 16th Louisiana's Lieutenant Colonel Robert Lindsey. It fought at Spanish Fort between 27 March and 8 April before surrendering at Gainesville, Alabama on 12 May. During the war, it lost 176 men in battle, 52 to disease, two by accident, one murdered, and two executed.
References
Bergeron, Arthur W. Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861–1865. Louisiana State University Press, 1996. pp. 70–71
Hewitt, Lawrence Lee, and Bergeron, Arthur W., eds. Confederate Generals in the Western Theatre, Volume 3. University of Tennessee Press, 2010.
Salling, Steward. Louisianians in the Western Confederacy: The Adams-Gibson Brigade in the Civil War. McFarland, 2010.
This thread is intended to serve as the location for general regimental history, photographs, stories, articles and any other relevant information about the 1st Louisiana Infantry (Regulars) (Strawbridge's) in the Regimental Histories Forum. Please do not start new threads - just add your content about the regiment under this existing thread so others can easily find it. Thank you so much for contributing information for this regiment. (Disclaimer borrowed from @AUG351)
It was ordered to Corinth, Mississippi, on 26 February 1862, joining Gladden's Brigade (later the First Brigade) of Jones Withers' Division of Polk's I Corps in the Army of the Mississippi. At Corinth, the reportedly mainly Irish men of the regiment became drunk on whiskey, which they had not been able to get access to at Pensacola, according to an account by J.E. Carraway of the 19th Louisiana. During a Federal expedition towards Purdy, Tennessee, the regiment occupied the former between 9 and 14 March. Near Yellow Creek between 14 and 15 March, a detachment from the regiment repulsed a Federal force marching towards the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. The 1st Louisiana Regulars fought at Shiloh, and suffered heavy casualties in the opening attack on 6 April, leaving only 101 men present for duty by the end of the day. Gladden was mortally wounded and was replaced in command of the brigade by Adams, who had lost an eye while leading the regiment in a charge. It then participated in operations around Corinth between 29 April and 11 June, retreating with the army to Tupelo. Adams was promoted to brigadier general on 23 May and replaced by former Lieutenant Colonel John A. Jacques. After Braxton Bragg led the army by rail to Chattanooga via Mobile in July, the Louisianans marched with the army's wagon trains overland to Chattanooga.
The regiment was part of Withers' division in the Confederate invasion of Kentucky between 28 August and 19 October. The division marched to support other Confederate troops near Lexington on 7 October, and thus missed Perryville on the next day. The regiment retreated with the army and camped at Tullahoma, Tennessee, participating in the attack at Stones River between 31 December and 2 January 1863, losing 102 men killed, wounded, or missing. Among the casualties was mortally wounded regimental commander Lt. Col. Fred H. Farrar, who died on 3 January. The regiment was put on provost duty on 10 January. Jacques was cashiered after a court martial on 13 February 1863 and replaced by former Lieutenant Colonel James Strawbridge. It supported the army's reserve artillery in the spring and summer of 1863, and was temporarily consolidated with the 8th Arkansas Infantry on 25 August before it fought at Chickamauga between 19 and 20 September. Having less than 100 men present, it served as the army's headquarters guard during the Chattanooga Campaign; by January 1864 it had only 57 effectives. Strawbridge unsuccessfully requested that Adjutant General Samuel Cooper send the regiment back to Louisiana to recruit, though by April the regiment mustered 100 effectives. The regiment remained in this post at Dalton, Georgia, during the early spring of 1864, and were assigned to Randall L. Gibson's Louisiana brigade on 16 April.
With Gibson's Brigade, the regiment participated in the Atlanta Campaign between May and July, though it saw little combat until Ezra Church on 28 July. It then participated in the invasion of Tennessee, fighting at Nashville between 15 and 16 December. After the retreat from Tennessee the brigade withdrew to Mobile, Alabama, in February 1865. At Mobile, the regiment was consolidated with the 16th and 20th Louisiana Infantry Regiments and the 4th Louisiana Infantry Battalion under the 16th Louisiana's Lieutenant Colonel Robert Lindsey. It fought at Spanish Fort between 27 March and 8 April before surrendering at Gainesville, Alabama on 12 May. During the war, it lost 176 men in battle, 52 to disease, two by accident, one murdered, and two executed.
References
Bergeron, Arthur W. Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861–1865. Louisiana State University Press, 1996. pp. 70–71
Hewitt, Lawrence Lee, and Bergeron, Arthur W., eds. Confederate Generals in the Western Theatre, Volume 3. University of Tennessee Press, 2010.
Salling, Steward. Louisianians in the Western Confederacy: The Adams-Gibson Brigade in the Civil War. McFarland, 2010.
This thread is intended to serve as the location for general regimental history, photographs, stories, articles and any other relevant information about the 1st Louisiana Infantry (Regulars) (Strawbridge's) in the Regimental Histories Forum. Please do not start new threads - just add your content about the regiment under this existing thread so others can easily find it. Thank you so much for contributing information for this regiment. (Disclaimer borrowed from @AUG351)
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