HISTORICAL NOTES:
The Louisiana 4th Infantry Battalion was organized during the summer of 1861.
In September the six companies of the 4th Battalion were ordered to Virginia. The Confederate forces assigned to operate in the Kanawha valley, West Virginia, were placed under the command of Brigadier-General John B. Floyd on August 11, 1861, and denominated the Army of the Kanawha. This force and one under Brigadier-General Henry A. Wise were its chief constituents.
The battalion was ordered to South Carolina in the spring of 1862. Following the fall of Charleston, it joined the Army of Tennessee and participated in Chickamauga and the Atlanta Campaign. It ended the war in Mobile, Al.
OFFICERS:
Lieutenant Colonel:
John McEnery
Majors:
Duncan Buie
George C. Waddill ASSIGNMENTS:
Oct 1861 Dec 1861 Army of Kanawha
Dec 1861 Apr 1862 Dept of South Carolina and Georgia
Apr 1862 Jun 1862 Smith's Military Dist of GA Dept of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
Jun 1862 Jun 1862 2nd Military Dist of GA Dept of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
Jun 1862 Jan 1863 Military Dist of GA Dept of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
Jan 1863 Feb 1863 Harrison's Dist of Cape Fear Dept of North Carolina
Feb 1863 Apr 1863 Taliaferro's Military Dist of GA Dept of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
May 1863 Jun 1863 Walker's Dept of the West
Jun 1863 Jul 1863 Wilson's Walker's Dept of the West
Jul 1863 Aug 1863 Wilson's Walker's Dept of Mississippi and East Louisiana
Sep 1863 Sep 1863 Wilson's Walker's Walker's Reserve Army of Tennessee
Sep 1863 Nov 1863 Wilson's Walker's Longstreet's Army of Tennessee
Nov 1863 Jan 1865 D.W. Adams'/Gibson's Stewart's/Clayton's 2nd Army of Tennessee
Mar 1865 Apr 1865 Gibson's Dist of the Gulf Dept of Alabama, Mississippi and East Louisiana
SERVICE:
Carnifex Ferry
Secessionville
Chickamauga
Egypt Station, MS – Dec. 28, 1864
The Atlanta Campaign
Nashville
Mobile
Selma, AL – APR 2, 1865
ROSTER:
The roster of this unit contains the names of 478 men.
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