CHAPTER TWELVE

 

Stalemate in the West

Pass Manchac, Port Hudson, Baton Rouge, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Tennessee,

May 1862-January 1863

1st Regiment Heavy, Pointe Coupee Battalion, 5th Company, Washington Battalion, 2nd, Orleans Guard, Watson Batteries Artillery; 1st Regiment Cavalry; 9th, Confederate Guards Response, Orleans Guard Battalions, 3rd, 4th, 11th, 16th, 18th, 26th, 27th, 29th, 30th, Crescent, Miles' Legion Regiments Infantry

 

A large chapter highlighting the activities of the many Cajun units that served in the Western Theater at this time, especially in the battles of Farmington, MS, May 1862, and Baton Rouge, LA, August 1862.

Copyright (c) 2001-04  Steven A. Cormier