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15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

{{short description|Infantry regiment of the Confederate States Army}}

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{{Infobox Military Unit

|unit_name = 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

|image = File:Starke Louisiana Brigade fighting with stones at the embankment near the Deep Cut.jpg

|image_size = 250px

|caption = At the Second Battle of Bull Run, the men of Starke's Louisiana Brigade hurled rocks at the Federals on the opposite side of the railroad embankment.

|dates = 16 June 1861 – 9 April 1865

|country = {{Flag|Confederate States of America}}

|allegiance = {{Flagicon image|Flag of Louisiana (February 1861).svg}} Louisiana

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|branch = {{army|CSA}}

|type = Infantry

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|size = Regiment

|command_structure = 2nd Louisiana Brigade (Starke's, Nicholls', Stafford's, York's)

|equipment =

|notable_commanders= Edmund Pendleton

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The 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Formed in June 1861 as the 2nd Regiment, Polish Brigade, the unit was sent to fight in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. As the 3rd Louisiana Infantry Battalion, the unit served at Beaver Dam Creek and Glendale. After two companies from the 7th Louisiana Infantry Battalion were added in July 1862, the unit reorganized as the 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. It joined the 2nd Louisiana Brigade and fought at Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg in 1862. It served at Chancellorsville, Second Winchester, Gettysburg, and Mine Run in 1863. The regiment fought at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Third Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and Petersburg in 1864. A handful of survivors surrendered at Appomattox in 1865.{{sfn|Bergeron|1989|pp=110–111}}

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References

  • {{cite book|ref={{harvid|Battles & Leaders|1956}} |title=Battles and Leaders of the Civil War |volume=2 |year=1956 |orig-year=1883 |publisher=Castle |location=New York, N.Y. }}
  • {{cite book|ref={{harvid|Battles & Leaders|1987}} |title=Battles and Leaders of the Civil War |volume=4 |year=1987 |orig-year=1883 |publisher=Castle |location=Secaucus, N.J. |isbn=0-89009-572-8 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Bergeron |first=Arthur W. Jr. |title=Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865 |year=1989 |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |location=Baton Rouge, La. |isbn=0-8071-2102-9 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Boatner |first=Mark M. III |authorlink=Mark M. Boatner III |title=The Civil War Dictionary |year=1959 |publisher=David McKay Company Inc. |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn= 0-679-50013-8 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Hennessy |first=John J. |title=Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas |year=1999 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |location=Norman, Okla. |isbn=0-8061-3187-X }}
  • {{cite book|last=Priest |first=John Michael |title=Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle |year=1989 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=0-19-508466-7 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Rhea |first=Gordon C. |author-link=Gordon C. Rhea |title=The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 |year=1994 |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |location=Baton Rouge, La. |isbn=0-8071-1873-7 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Sears |first=Stephen W. |author-link=Stephen W. Sears |title=Chancellorsville |year=1996 |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Co. |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=0-395-87744-X }}
  • {{cite book|last=Sears |first=Stephen W. |author-link=Stephen W. Sears |title=To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsular Campaign |year=2001 |publisher=Mariner Books |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=0-618-12713-5 }}
  • {{cite book|last=Trudeau |first=Noah Andre |title=Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage |year=2002 |publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York, N.Y. |isbn=0-06-019363-8 }}

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