CHAPTER FOUR
Secession
and War
The
Convention, the Baton Rouge Arsenal, and the First Recruits,
January-July
1861
1st
Regiment Heavy, Watson Battery Artillery; 1st (Dreux’s/Rightor's), 3rd, Orleans Guard Battalions,
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th Regiments Infantry; 1st Regiment Native Guards Militia
Infantry
The
Louisiana Secession Convention, the role of Alexandre Mouton, president of
the Convention, the seizure of the Baton Rouge Arsenal by Louisiana state
forces, and recruitment and mustering in of the first Louisiana units that
contained a
significant number of Acadians.