Chasseurs-a-Pied Regiment, Volunteer State Troops Militia Infantry

[also known as 1st Chasseurs-a-Pied Militia]

 

 

[Companies  1st[A]  2nd[B]  3rd  4th  5th  7th  8th  ?]

 

From Sifakis, Compendium of C.S. Armies: Louisiana, 121:

Organization: Called into Confederate service ca. March 1, 1862.  Mustered out in May 1862.

First Commander: J. Simon Meilleur, COL

Field Officers: C. A. Janvier, LTC; H. J. RIVET, Maj

Assignment:  Department #1 (Mar-May 62)

Battle: New Orleans [not engaged] (April 18-25, 1862)

 

From Bergeron, La. Confed. Units, 181:

"In the early months of 1862 (February-April), Governor Thomas O. Moore arranged with Major General Mansfield Lovell to transfer three brigades of militiamen to Confederate service.  Lovell accepted the eleven regiments and two battalions of 'Volunteer State Troops' for the defense of New Orleans.  It appears, however, that Lovell had few, if any, of the men formally mustered into regular Confederate service.  Most of the men went into camps around the city for drill and discipline.  Napier Bartlett's Military Record of Louisiana places the strength of the three brigades at 9,113 men, but they probably had no more than half that number ready for active duty.  Lovell ordered the Chalmette Regiment to the Quarantine Station, six miles upriver from Fort St. Philip, to guard the rear of that bastion.  Bartlett gives the following account of the fate of these units: 'When the gunboats [of Union Flag Officer David G. Farragut] passed the forts [Jackson and St. Phillip] and Lovell carried off all transportation, [the regiments] were disbanded by Gen. [E. L.] Tracy.'  Farragut's vessels captured and paroled all of the men of the Chalmette Regiment at the Quarantine Station on April 24.  Many of the officers and enlisted men of the other units escaped the city before it surrendered and accompanied Lovell's regulars to Camp Moore.  Only one unit, the Sumter Regiment, maintained its organization; and it later became the nucleus for the 30th Louisiana Infantry Regiment.  Bartlett's account goes on to say, 'When [General Benjamin F.] Butler arrived, the officers and men [in New Orleans] were arrested as prisoners of war, paroled, and those who did not take the oath, were exchanged on the 8th of October following, being delivered at Vicksburg.'  While the majority of these 'Volunteer State Troops' took the oath, a number did find their way into Louisiana units on active duty in the Vicksburg area."

 

CSRC, M320, roll 96

 

ROSTER

 

1st [A] Company (Esclapon’s)

Orleans

 

CASANOVA, _______. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

JOUBERT, ______. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

LANDRY, E., Jr. Pvt.  En. 24 Feb 62, [n.p.].  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into active svc. of the state of LA.  [NFR.]  (B2:640)  //  Same E.L., Jr. as Guyol’s Orleans Arty.?

LANDRY, Numa. Pvt. En. 24 Feb 62, [n.p.].  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into active svc. of the state of LA. [NFR.]  (B2:644)  

RENAUD, Emile. Pvt.  CSR says Company A.  //  CSRC, Index.

WILTZ, ______. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

6  1st Co., Chasseurs-a-Pied Regt. VST Mil. Inf.

Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index

 

2nd [B] Company (Aleix’s)

Orleans

 

AGUILLARD, P. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index: P. Aguilard.

BOULET, B. G. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

DURAND, J. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

HENRY, A. Pvt.  En. 24 Feb 6[2], [n.p.].  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into active svc. of the state of LA.  [NFR.] (B2:272)

MARTIN, C. Pvt.  En. 24 Feb 6[2], [n.p.].  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into active svc. of the state of LA.  [NFR.] (B2:888)

MARTIN, V. [Vabris S.]. Sgt.  En. 24 Feb 6[2], [n.p.].  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into active svc. of the state of LA.  [NFR.]  (B2:899)

MICHEL, J. A. Cpl.  En. 24 Feb 6[2], [n.p.].  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into active svc. of the state of LA.  [NFR.]  (B2:963)  

NOTT, E. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

OLIVIER, Victor. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

PITRE [Petrie], Philip.  Pvt.  En. 24 Feb 62, [n.p.].  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into active svc. of the state of LA. POW cap. New Orleans, 21 Oct 62, on sick furl.  Exch. fr Steamer Frolic, nr. Baton Rouge, 23 Feb 63.  [NFR.]  (B3:124)

POCHE, A. Cpl.  //  CSRC, Index.  

PREVOST, L. 2LT.  //  CSRC, Index.  //  Same L.P. as in Company G, Crescent Regiment Infantry?

ROBERT, E. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

ROCHE, L. N. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.  //  Same L.N.R. as in Pointe Coupee Battalion Artillery?

ROY, A.  Pvt.  En. 24 Feb 62, New Orleans.  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into active svc. of the state of LA.  [NFR.]  (B3:406)

ROY, P.  Pvt.  En. 24 Feb 62, [n.p.].  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into active svc. of the state of LA.  [NFR.]  (B3:408)

VERRET, J. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

WILTZ, E. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

18  2nd Co., Chasseurs-a-Pied Regt. VST Mil. Inf.

Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index

AINS, H. Pvt. ALEIX, L. 1LT.
2

 

3rd Company (Gagnet’s)

Orleans

 

BOURG, Alf. Pvt.  [NFR.]  (B1:59b)

BOURGEOIS, L. J. Pvt.  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into svc. of the state of  LA.  [NFR.]  (B1:63b)  //  Same L.J.B. as in Company A, Pointe Coupee Battalion Artillery?

GOMEZ, J. F. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

GREGOIRE, L. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

GUERIN, John G. 1Sgt.  //  CSRC, Index.

LATOUR, Victor. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

LION, _______. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

ROUSSEAU, Paul. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.  //  Same P.R. as in Pointe Coupee Battalion Artillery?

8  3rd Co., Chasseurs-a-Pied Regt. VST Mil. Inf.

Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index

ANDRIEN, Jules. Pvt.
1

 

4th Company (Lafond’s)

Orleans

 

BAYHI, Th. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

DUFOUR, J. N. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

DUPUY, J. Pvt.  En. 24 Feb 6[?], New Orleans.  [NFR.]  (B1:728)  

MILLER, ______. Pvt.   //  CSRC, Index.

PELLERIN, ______.   Pvt.  En. 24 Feb 6[?], New Orleans.  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into svc. of the state of LA.  [NFR.]  (B3:99)

5  4th Co., Chasseurs-a-Pied Regt. VST Mil. Inf.

Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index

ANDRY, O. Pvt.
1

 

5th Company (Rivet’s)

Orleans

 

BIENVENU, Cyril. Cpl.  //  CSRC, Index.

COURTADE, A. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index: A. Courtades

GREGOIRE, J. J. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

LANDREAUX, Robert. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

LEMAITRE, Ph. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

RIVET, Charles L. [Charles A., Chas. L.]. CPT.  En. 24 Feb 62, New Orleans.  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into svc. of the state of  LA.  [NFR.]  (B3:334)  //  Bergeron, La. Confed. Units, 183:  Charles A. RIVET.  //  Served also in F&S, Provisional Regt. LA Legion, & Jackson Rifle Bn. Mil. 

SIMON, Jacob.  Pvt.  En. 24 Feb 62, New Orleans.  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into svc. of the state of  LA.  [NFR.]  (B3:574)

SIMON, Jean.  Pvt.  En. 24 Feb 62, New Orleans.  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into svc. of the state of  LA.  [NFR.]  (B3:574)  

TAYLOR, E. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

TROSCLAIR, L. A. 1LT.  //  CSRC, Index.  //  Same L.A.T. as in Jackson Rifle Battalion Militia?

10  5th Co., Chasseurs-a-Pied Regt. VST Mil. Inf.

Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index

 

7th Company (Mader’s)

Orleans

 

BRUNO, T. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

SIMON, A. Pvt.  Roll of 24 Feb-[?] 62: Ordered into svc. of the state of  LA.  [NFR.]  (B3:573)

2  7th Co., Chasseurs-a-Pied Regt. VST Mil. Inf.

Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index

 

8th Company (?)

Orleans

 

DOMINGUES, B. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index: B. Dominguez.

GARCIA, A. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

GARCIA, Michel. Sgt.  //  CSRC, Index.

MILLER, A. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

PETIT, H. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

SIMON, Leon. 1Sgt. En. 24 Feb 62, New Orleans.  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into svc. of the state of  LA. [NFR.]  (B3:574)

TROSCLAIR, _______. Cpl.  //  CSRC, Index.

7  8th Co., Chasseurs-a-Pied Regt. VST Mil. Inf.

Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index

ALBAREZ, J. Pvt. ALEIX, Edouard. Sgt. ALEIX, Oscar. CPT. ALVARDO, J. Pvt.
4

 

No Company Designation

 

LAMBERT, Jules. 3LT.  Roll n.d.:  Ordered into svc. of the state of  LA.  En. 24 Feb 62, New Orleans.  [NFR.]  (B2:630)  

VALOIS, V. Pvt.  //  CSRC, Index.

2  ?, Chasseurs-a-Pied Regt. VST Mil. Inf.

Individuals from non-Cajun families, CSRC Index

ALDIGE, J. Pvt.
1

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