11th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate)

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11th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate)
Active13 August 1861 – 19 August 1862
CountryFlag of the Confederate States of America (1865).svg  Confederate States of America
AllegianceFlag of Louisiana (February 1861).svg Louisiana
BranchBattle flag of the Confederate States of America.svg  Confederate States Army
Type Infantry
Size Regiment (857 men, August 1861) [1]
Engagements
Commanders
Notable
commanders
Samuel F. Marks
Louisiana Infantry Regiments (Confederate)
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The 11th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of foot soldiers from Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The regiment fought at Belmont in 1861 and Island Number Ten, Shiloh, and Corinth in 1862. By this time its numbers were seriously reduced, so the regiment was disbanded in August 1862. The survivors mostly transferred to the 13th Louisiana and 20th Louisiana Infantry Regiments, but a few soldiers became part of the 14th Louisiana Sharpshooter Battalion. [2]

Notes

  1. Bergeron 1989, p. 99.
  2. Bergeron 1989, pp. 98–99.

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