"This battalion was organized about January, 1863,
probably at Monroe. The battalion appears to have operated in Madison
Parish near the Mississippi River during its first few months in
service. On April 4, the men fought in skirmishes near Richmond
and Bayou Vidal. The battalion unsuccessfully opposed the march of
General Ulysses S. Grant's army through Tensas Parish later in the month,
fighting one sizable engagement at Choctaw Bayou on April 28.
Portions of the battalion participated in the defense of Fort Beauregard
near Harrisonburg, May 10-11. During the siege of Vicksburg,
Mississippi, the battalion fought to protect Madison and Tensas
parishes from enemy raiding parties. On June 3, a portion of
the battalion drove an enemy force out of Richmond. The next day,
Company A captured an enemy camp located on Lake St. Joseph. Part
of the battalion defeated a larger enemy force at Richmond on June 6.
Major Harrison furnished some of his men to General John G. Walker's Texas
infantry division to act as scouts and guides during Walker's operations around Milliken's
Bend and Young's Bend. These men probably participated in the
attacks on those Union garrisons. Harrison's successes against the enemy
so impressed General Richard Taylor that the latter began an effort to raise the
battalion to a regiment. Possibly by November, 1863, three new
companies had joined the battalion and made it the 3rd
Louisiana Cavalry Regiment."
Company
A [originally Company
A(1st), Wood's Regiment Mississippi Cavalry] (Tensas Cavalry, Bondurant’s, McCall’s, Buckner’s)
[later
Company A, 3rd (Harrison’s) Regiment
Cavalry]
Tensas
From Bergeron, La. Confed. Units,
179:
"Tensas Cavalry Company (Tensas). Captain Isaac F. Harrison,
promoted major August 15, 1862; Captain Albert Bondurant.
Mustered in August 29, 1861, at Memphis, Tennessee. Became
1st Company A, Wood's Regiment Cavalry, on October 15, 1861.
Detached September 26, 1862, and returned to Louisiana.
Became Company A, 15th Louisiana Cavalry Battalion, in December, 1862."
DUPUIS
[Dupuy], Stephen H. Pvt. [En. n.d.,n.p.]
[NFR.] (B1:729)
// Same S.H.D. as in Company F, Wood’s Regiment MS
Cavalry?
MARTIN,
James M. Pvt. [En. n.d.,n.p.]
[NFR.] (B2:893)
// Probably not Cajun.
MARTIN,
J. S.
Pvt. // Served also
in Wood’s Regiment MS Cavalry. Probably
not Cajun.
MARTIN,
Solomon. Pvt. // Served also
in Wood’s Regiment MS Cavalry. Probably
not Cajun.
4 Co. A, 15th Bn. Cav.
Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index
Company
B (Harper's) [later Company
B, 3rd (Harrison's) Regiment Cavalry]
Madison
Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index
Company
C
(Faulkner’s
or Caldwell Defenders, Faulkner’s)
[later
Company C, 3rd (Harrison’s) Regiment
Cavalry]
Caldwell
ROY,
Joseph. Pvt. [En. n.d.,n.p.]
[NFR.] (B3:407)
To Co. C, 3rd (Harrison’s) Regt. Cav.
// Probably not Cajun.
1 Co. C, 15th Bn. Cav.
Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index
Company
D (Purvis's) [later Company
D, 3rd (Harrison's) Regiment Cavalry]
Catahoula
Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index
Company
E (James's) [later Company
E, 3rd (Harrison's) Regiment Cavalry]
Catahoula
Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index
Company
F (Comer's) [later Company
F, 3rd (Harrison's) Regiment Cavalry]
Morehouse
Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index
Company
G (Red River Rangers, Sewall's/Sewell's) [later Company
G, 3rd (Harrison's) Regiment Cavalry]
Caddo
Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index
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