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2nd Louisiana Infantry
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Roger James Marshall - Private
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Contact Name: Katherine Muncy
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Date Added: 11/15/2006

Company A
A H Burnstein - Musician
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Contact Name: Joshua Harvey
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Date Added: 12/29/2008

Company A
R D Ellzey - Private
Died of wounds received at 2nd Manassas on 6 Sep. 1862.
Contact Name: Stephen Liles
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Date Added: 4/16/2016

Company B
Andrew Rendon - 1st Sergeant
Andrew was born Andres Rendon. We think he was Spanish. His wife was French. They were married in New Orleans, but we do not for sure where he was born. he started out as a private but promoted to sargeant eventually. he was taken prisoner and spent time in Elmira.
Contact Name: Brenda Rendon Osborne
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Date Added: 12/11/2010

Company B
Mires Rosenthal - Private
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Contact Name: Chuck Jackson
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Date Added: 10/14/2004

Company C
Samuel Luther Gulley - Private
Served in Co. B and C
Contact Name: Don Carter
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Date Added: 2/10/2008

Company C
Willis Russell Thornton - Private
The Louisiana 2nd Infantry Regiment [also called Louisiana Zouaves] was formed at Camp Moore in Tangipahoa, Louisiana, during the spring of 1861. Its companies were drawn from De Soto, Natchitoches, Lincoln, St. Landry, Claiborne, Rapides, and Caddo parishes. Ordered to Virginia the unit was assigned to the Department of the Peninsula and in April, 1862 totalled 782 men. Later it was placed in H. Cobb's, Starke's, Nicholl's, Iverson's, Stafford's, and York's Brigade. It fought with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor , served with Early in the Shenandoah Valley, then was active around Appomattox . The regiment lost 30 killed and 152 wounded at Malvern Hill , had 25 killed and 86 wounded at Second Manassas , and sustained 62 casualties at Sharpsburg . It reported 15 killed and 90 wounded at Chancellorsville , and of the 236 engaged at Gettysburg , twenty-seven percent were disabled. Only 3 officers and 41 men surrendered in April, 1865..Colonels Ross E. Burke, Lewis G. De Russy, William M. Levy, and Isaiah T. Norwood; Lieutenant Colonels Michael A. Grogan, Jesse M. Williams, and John Young; and Majors Richard W. Ashton and Martin C. Redwine.
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.Yorktown Siege (April-May 1862)
Lee's Mill (April 5, 1862)
Lee's Mill (April 16, 1862)
Seven Pines (May 31-June 1, 1862)
Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862)
Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862)
Cedar Mountain (August 9, 1862)
2nd Manassas (August 28-30, 1862)
Harpers Ferry (September 12-15, 1862)
Sharpsburg (September 17, 1862)
Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862)
Chancellorsville (May1-4, 1863)
2nd Winchester (June 14-15, 1863)
Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863)
Bristoe Campaign (October 1863)
Mine Run Campaign (November-December 1863)
The Wilderness (May 5-6-, 1864)
Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864)
North Anna (May 23-26, 1864)
Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864)
Lynchburg Campaign (May-June 1864)
Monocacy (July 9, 1864)
Kernstown (July 24, 1864)
Shepherdstown (August 25, 1864)
3rd Winchester (September 19, 1864)
Fisher's Hill (September 22, 1864)
Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864)
Petersburg Siege (December 1864-April 1865)
Hatcher's Run (February 5-7, 1865)
Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865)
Petersburg Final Assault (April 2, 1865)
Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865)
Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
.Company A ~ Lecompte Guards
Company B ~ Moore Guards
Company C ~ Pelican Greys
Company D ~ Pelican Rifles
Company E ~ Vernon Guards
Company F ~ Claiborne Guards
Company G ~ Floyd Guards
Company H ~ Atchafalya Guards
Company I ~ Greenwood Guards
Company K ~ Vienna Rifles


Thornton, W. R., Pvt. Co. C, 2nd La. Inf. En. Sept. 30, 1861, Monroe, La. Present on Roll to

Oct., 1861. Roll Nov. and Dec., 1861, Absent, sick, in Williamsburg. Roll Jan. and Feb., 1862,

Absent, sick, in Richmond. Rolls March, 1862, to June, 1862, Present. Rolls July, 1862, to Oct.,

1862, Absent, wounded. On List dated Hdqrs. Defenses South of the Potomac, Arlington, Oct. 14,

1862, of Prisoners paroled by the 9th N. Y. Cav., Oct. 8, 1862, at Aldie and Middleburgh, Va.

Rolls Nov., 1862, to Feb., 1864, Absent, wounded. Roll May 1 to Aug. 31, 1864, Absent, wounded,

Aug. 31, 1862. Absent without leave. Last heard from at Fish Pond, Ala. On Record of Confed.

soldiers paroled at Hdqrs. 16th Army Corps, Montgomery, Ala., May 18, 1865.



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Date Added: 11/23/2014

Company D
John Dargon Dewitt - Private
John, was born in Darlington Co. SC and moved to Mansfield La. He was 21 years old when he enlisted at New Orleans on 11 May 1861. During the war Co D was also known as Co's, L, K & A. ON 30 August 1862 he is wounded at Manassas and sent home. He is back in his unit in Feb. 1864. In August he is again wounded. He is a POW and paroled on 10 April 1865. He lists his home as Mansfield, Louisiana. He died in 1906.
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Date Added: 5/6/2016

Company D
John Dargon Dewitt - Private
Enlisted May 11th, 1861, at New Orleans. Wounded at Manassas, August 30th, 1862. Wounded again Winter of 1863. Re-enlisted, prisoner, paroled at Appomattox Court House, April 9th, 1865.
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Date Added: 2/24/2011

Company D
Jesse Calvin Dorman - Private
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Date Added: 3/28/2014

Company D
Jacob Flavel Foster - Private
Any information on Jacob Flavel Foster who fought and died at Chancellorsville. He is buried in the Confederate cemetary in Fredericksburg. He was my great great uncle and brother to my great great grandfather, claiborne jasper foster who fought at Vicksburg with the Louisiana 27th co. G. Any information who be appreciated.
Contact Name: camille cook
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Date Added: 4/4/2007

Company D
John Mixon Moss - Private
Enlisted Feb. 10th, 1863, at Mansfield, La. 18 years old. Wounded in the Spring of 1863, re-enlisted 1864. Prisoner, paroled at Lynchburg, Va., April 14th, 1865.
Contact Name: Bentley Jessee
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Date Added: 2/24/2011

Company E
Enoch Moss - Private
Enrolled July 15, 1862.
Enlisted August 21, 1862 at Bethel, Natchitoches Parish, LA.
On roll August 1862 to August 1863. Detailed to quartermasters
department.
Later joined 6th LA Cav for the rest of the war.
Contact Name: John Russell
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Date Added: 12/2/2007

Company E
John Moss - Private
Enrolled at Bethel, Natchitoches Parish on July 15, 1862.
Enlisted Aug 21, 1862.
On rolls of Aug 21, 1862 to Sept 14, 1862.
Last paid Dec 31, 1862.
Sick at New Iberia, LA.
Later joined 6th LA Cav for the remainder of the war.
Contact Name: John Russell
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Date Added: 12/2/2007

Company F
Thomas Jonathan Anders - Private
Anders, Thomas J., Pvt. Co. F. 2nd La. Infty. En. May 9th, 1861, Camp Walker, La. Present on All
Rolls to Dec., 1861. Roll for Jan. and Feb., 1862, 'Absent. Sick in Williamsburg.' Rolls from
March, 1862, to April, 1863, 'Present.' Roll for May and June, 1863, 'Left Sick at Jordan
Springs, Va.' Roll from July, 1863, to Feb., 1864, 'Present.' Federal Rolls of Prisoners of War
Captured at Wilderness, Va., May 12th, 1864. Recd. at Belle Plains, Va., May 18th, 1864. Forwd.
to Elmira, N. Y., Aug. 17th, 1864, from Pt. Lookout, Md. Paroled at Elmira, N. Y., March 10th,
1865. Exchanged at James River, Va., March 15th, 1865.
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Brother of William M. Anders
Contact Name: Raymond L. Anders
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Date Added: 12/17/2009

Company G
Dr. William Richard Cheatham - Private
Born in Noxubee County, Ms. in 1833. Attended medical school in Louisana. Joined the 2nd Regiment of Louisiana in New Orleans on 29 April 1861 and to serve one year. WR Cheatham served at several hospitals near Richond, VA and was acting assistant surgeon. Received medical discharged in Richmond on 15 Dec 1862. Discharged was signed by C.D. Rice, Surgeon, 3d Division Winder and Major General Arnold Elzey (Jones), post commander. Buried at Coy United Methodist Church Cemetery, Kemper County, Ms.
Contact Name: John Luke
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Date Added: 2/15/2011

Company G
David Ridge - Private
If this is my g-g-g grandfather, he would have been 61 at the time he enlisted...and the David Ridge listed in northeast LA (Carroll Parish). If anyone has any means of checking this out, I would be interested to know.

Also...David Ridge is noted to have died February 24, 1862 in Pelican Camp... The only one I find listed is in Virginia.
Is there another?
Contact Name: Robin
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Date Added: 9/8/2007

Company H
William P Fortson - 1st Sergeant
William enlisted as a Pvt. 9 May 1861 at New Orleans by Capt. J.M. Galt. He has 28 cards in his archival file. On 1 May 1862 he is appointed 1st Sgt. On 5 Aug he is sick at Culpepper Va. on 17 Sept he is severely wounded in the shoulder by a shell blast. He is serving in Iverson's Brigade at this time. In June 1863 he is sent with the sick soldiers to Winchester. Sept 1864 he is on detached duty in the Trans Miss. Dept per order of General Smith. The 2nd mustered 1,013 men for 12 months service. His first battle was 16 April 1862 at Lee's Mill, aka Dam # 1. Malvern Hill, Aug 28 -30th Battle of Manassas. Sharpsburg / Antietam [ he was wounded in this battle] Chancellorsville, Stephen's Depot, Gettysburg, Mine Run Campaign, Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, Early's Shanandoah Valley Campaign, Monocracy, 3rd Winchester, Fishers Hill, Cedar Creek, Jan - Mar 1865 Siege of Petersburg, Hatchers Run, 25 Mar 1865 Battle of Fort Steadman, Battle of Saylors Creek. Surrendered 3 officers, and 41 men.
Contact Name: Phillip Thomas
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Date Added: 8/27/2023

Company H
john wingerter - Private
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Contact Name: paul wingerter
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Date Added: 4/3/2013

Company I
John Thomas Frost - Private
According to muster documents, he enlisted in New Orleans and served most of the war detached as a teamster.
Contact Name: James Frost
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Date Added: 10/18/2005

Company I
George W Mullinax - Sergeant
George W. Mullinax was my Great Uncle. He was killed on the field of battle at Second Manassas.

His sister, Francis Elizabeth Mullinax, was my Great Grandmother. Her husband was James Van Buren Jackson who enlisted in the 17th Louisiana Infantry, Co. H.

George's brother, Samuel P. Mullinax was also in the 2nd Louisiana Infantry Company I.
Contact Name: Wayne Jones
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Date Added: 12/23/2007

Company I
Samuel P Mullinax - Private
Samuel P. Mullinax was my Great Uncle.

He was wounded at Malvern Hill.

He later joined the 13 Partisan Ranger Calvary.

Samuel was captured in Louisiana and died in a Federal Prison Camp.

My Great Grandmother, Frances Elizabeth Mullinax, was his sister. She was married to James Van Buren Jackson, who enlisted in the 17th Louisiana Infantry, Company H.
Contact Name: Wayne Jones
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Date Added: 12/23/2007

Company K
John Bradley Green - Private
1831-1904
Contact Name: George Hill
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Date Added: 6/13/2021

Company K
Frank C Greenwood - Sergeant
Enlisted May 11, 1861
Wounded in the following battles:
- Payne''s Farm, Gun shot ball.
- Malvern Hill, Gun Shot Ball.
- Culvert''s Hill, Gettysburg, Skull ''broken''.
- The Wilderness, Gun shot ball.
- Spottsylvania Court House, bayonet.

Captured in the wilderness (by Spottsylvania) on May 12, 1864. Sent to Point Lookout Prison, Md.
Transferd to Elmira Prison, NY, on Aug 17, 1864 and paroled Feb 25, 1865
Contact Name: John Greenwood
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Date Added: 8/30/2004

Company K
James Walker Reid - Private
He lost his leg at battle of Wilderness. Also wounded aand captured at Shaprburg. Missed Gettysburg because of measles.
Contact Name: Harriet Lewenberg
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Date Added: 7/26/2008

Company K
J H Walthall - Private
JH is my great great uncle. He and his brother left Georgia to live in Lousiana and were part of the original Vienna Rifles. Company K became part of the 2nd. His grandfather was a revolutionary war soldier from Virginia, Edward Walthall.
Contact Name: Linda Scott
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Date Added: 10/12/2010

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