Weapons by Regiment

[AUG]

AUG - was it true that during 1st Manassas, a SC Regt. inadvertently directed friendly fire at Wheat's Tigers, who then took deliberate aim & returned fire ?

Yep. Early in the battle as Nathan "Shanks" Evans brigade skirmished with Daniel Tyler's division moving toward the Stone Bridge, some of the skirmishers from the 4th South Carolina Battalion accidentally fired into the backs of a platoon from Co. B, Tiger Rifles in Wheat's Battalion. Big mistake! They turned around and started sending the lead back to the Carolinians, until Major Wheat ran up and straightened things out. The Tiger Rifles wore a blue Zouave jacket with red trim, which probably caused some of the confusion among the Carolinians.

 

[UCVRelics]

After doing some checking thru the 1st La records, I'm going to suggest that you try and find what was in the US Arsenal in Baton Rouge when it was captured in 61.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Hello @Legion.
Welcome to CivilWarTalk.

I had an ancestor in the 9th Louisiana, so I'm very much enjoying this thread.

As others have said, such records take a little work as opposed to basic service records.
But sit tight, you'll be amazed with what our members can find.

 

[huskerblitz]

fold3.com and you will have to search for these reports.

Where is this found at? I don't venture much from the CSR.

 

[Jackson Hornets]

Ordnance records kept by the regimental adjutants are a good place to start. Try Fold3.

 

[huskerblitz]

Ordnance records kept by the regimental adjutants are a good place to start. Try Fold3.

I know, but where on Fold3? I've never came across regimental adjutant records. Unless they do not have them for Union troops, I can't find them.

 

[Jackson Hornets]

I know, but where on Fold3? I've never came across regimental adjutant records. Unless they do not have them for Union troops, I can't find them.

I looked up the regiment I wanted's adjutant and then typed in his name. Sometimes his equipment requisitions for the unit got thrown into this own personal files on the site. At least that's been my experience with Confederate units. I can't say the same for Union records as they probably kept better ones.

 

[huskerblitz]

I looked up the regiment I wanted's adjutant and then typed in his name. Sometimes his equipment requisitions for the unit got thrown into this own personal files on the site. At least that's been my experience with Confederate units. I can't say the same for Union records as they probably kept better ones.

Could be, I didn't find any of that in the Union regiment I follow. Thanks for the reply though.

 

[Waterloo50]

I think that the Enfield Rifle Muskets were the most commonly used weapon for the Louisiana Infantry.

 

[UCVRelics]

I looked up the regiment I wanted's adjutant and then typed in his name. Sometimes his equipment requisitions for the unit got thrown into this own personal files on the site. At least that's been my experience with Confederate units. I can't say the same for Union records as they probably kept better ones.

Squirrel is correct. The CS records can be spotty at best. Some of the ordnance records will also be found at the Brigade Ord offiecers records. Find out who the Ord officer was and check his records as they maybe thrown into the mix. Here is what was in the arsenal in Baton Rouge.
Upon arrival, the Tigers were issued newly fabricated Louisiana Pelican Plate or fork-tongue belts, cartridge boxes, cap boxes, and knapsacks which were manufactured by the New Orleans-based Magee and Kneass or James Cosgrove Leather Companies. They were also issued their weapons. While the Walker Guards, the Delta Rangers, the Old Dominion Guards, and the Rough and Ready Rangers seem to have been issued either M1842 muskets or aged M1816 conversion muskets with socket bayonets, the men of the Tiger Rifles, Wheat's chosen skirmishers, were issued the coveted M1841 "Mississippi" Rifle, made by the Robbins and Lawrence Gun Company of Connecticut. Governor Moore's insurgents had seized these accurate weapons, among the best in service at the time, from the Federal Arsenal at Baton Rouge in January 1861.

 

[Package4]

After doing some checking thru the 1st La records, I'm going to suggest that you try and find what was in the US Arsenal in Baton Rouge when it was captured in 61.

1,099 M1855 rifle muskets
972 rifled muskets .69
29,222 Percussion muskets, new and altered
8,283 flintlock muskets
2,158 Harper's Ferry rifles
73 Colt rifles
2,287 Hall rifles
735 carbines, various patterns
2,075 percussion pistols
468 Colt revolvers

Report of 1859 of the various Volunteer Militia Units for the state:
3500 percussion muskets and appendages
500 rifles and appendages
60 Colt revolvers
150 Cav pistols, sabers and belts

 

[UCVRelics]

Bravo Package4, Now which ones went to each unit.

 

[Package4]

Bravo Package4, Now which ones went to each unit.

Actually IIRC a large amount went to Mississippi

 

[Scott Mingus]

I have both Lee's Tigers by Terry L. Jones and The Louisiana Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign by Scott L. Mingus. Both are great reads and I highly recommend them. Though I still can't find much info on what weaponry they were issued.

Thanks so much! I remain very grateful to Dr. Jones for all of his support and assistance as I wrote my book on the Tigers in the Gettysburg Campaign. It is my understanding that Hays' brigade largely carried Enfields and Springfields, many captured from the Yankees earlier in the war.