In June, 1861, Colonel John Simms Scott, native son of East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, serving as a Scout, for General Magruder's Confederate Command in Virginia, was ordered back to Louisiana to raise a regiment of cavalry for the Southern Cause.
Colonel Scott immediately returned to Louisiana and began recruiting his regiment. Advertisements were run in the state's
newspapers and in a short period, the ten companies were complete. The organizational date for the 1st Regiment Louisiana Cavalry was September 11, 1861. The regiment consisted of 10 companies and was enlisted into Confederate service October 4,
1861.
The newly organized companies were sent to various camps throughout Louisiana for drill and training and then remustered at
Baton Rouge Barracks on October 31, 1861. The total strength of the regiment was 900 officers and enlisted men. Attached to the regiment was the Regimental Battery Howitzer Battery or sometimes referred to as the Louisiana Horse or Mountain Artillery. ( In the summer of 1863, former members of Wheat's Louisiana Tiger Battalion were added to the battery to make it a full company).
The 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was one of the most heavily endowed regiments, receiving some $500,000.00, largely from Louisiana planters, as many of the troopers of the regiment were sons of planters or their relatives. A requirement of the Troopers of
the 1st. Louisiana Cavalry was that they provide their own horse and tack.
The regiment was ordered to report to Headquarters, Western Department, CSA on November 6, 1861. The 1st Louisiana Cavalry loaded onto riverboats, the Magnolia, Vicksburg, and others and traveled from Baton Rouge to Memphis, Tennessee. From there,
rail loaded to Nashville, Tennessee and then marched to Bowling Green, Kentucky and reported to General Albert Sidney Johnston,
Commander of the Western District.
While in camp in Russellville, the regiment was decimated with the measles, killing many of the troopers and others were sent home, only to die from the illness. The regiment was ordered back to Bowling Green and went into winter quarters.
In February, 1862, Brigadier General Buckner ordered the 1st Louisiana Cavalry to operate on the north side of the Cumberland
River, opposite Fort Donelson, to prevent any Union artillery from establishing across from the Fort. From this assignment until April, 1864, the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment fought exclusively outside of their home state.
After the fall of Ft. Donelson, the regiment was ordered back to Nashville and remained there until Union forces started showing up
on both sides of the river. The regiment was then ordered Franklin, Tennessee and to serve as the rear guard. While in route, Capt. G. Scott and a detachment of 40 men were sent to halt the harassment of a Union cavalry unit that was following. At Granny White's Pike, Capt. Scott and his detachment attacked the 100 man detachment of the 4th Ohio Cavalry, killing 12, routing the troopers and burned their tents. The 1st La. Cavalry detachment lost 1 killed and 1 mortally wounded. The remainder of the trip to Franklin was uneventful and marked the first engagement of a long record of engagements for the regiment.
At Shiloh, the 1st La. Cavalry was a part of Col. Nathan B. Forrest's Cavalry on the extreme right of the Confederate line. They repulsed the opening attacks on the 7th of April but had to finally give way to reinforcements of fresh troops of the Union forces.
On May 1, 1862, Col. Scott's 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment attacked the guard outposts on the bridges on the Athens and Decatur Road. Secured the bridges and attacked the main body of Col. Stanley's 18th Ohio Regiment, garrisoned in Athens. The 18th Ohio panicked and fled Athens, leaving behind all their tents, equipment and weapons.
Col. Stanley sent a cavalry unit to Athens on May 2 but the 1st Louisiana Cavalry had already left. In retaliation against the townspeople of Athens, Col. Turchin, formally Ivan Vasilevitch Turchininoff of the Czar of Russia's Imperial Guard, turned loose the 18th Ohio, 19th Illinois, 24th Illinois, and the 37th Indiana regiments on the citizens and town to do as they pleased. The results were the burning of the town, theft of property and rape of 20 of the town's women. The brutal attack, better known as the "Sack of Athens", was reported across the North and South.
The Union cavalry regiment caught up with the 1st Louisiana as it was crossing the Elk River, with over half his command across the river, Col. Scott caused the enemy to retreat until he got the remainder of his command across the river. Col. Scott chose not to mount a retaliatory attack and recrossed the river that night and went on to Courtland, Tenn.
Following the skirmish at Elks River, eight of the ten company commanders of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry went to Gen. Beauregard's Headquarters and made a formal complaint against Col. Scott for "improperly and imprudently ordering a retreat to avoid a fight with the enemy". The tables were turned on the company commanders when Gen. Beauregard ordered them arrested for "insubordinate conduct and abandoning their commands in the face of the enemy".
In October, 1862, the Secretary of War ordered the Officers of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry returned to Col. Scott's command. All, save Capt. Ditto, resigned their commissions. Capt. Ditto was returned to Co. K, again as their commander.
On August 4, 1862, General Kirby Smith placed Col. Scott in charge of a brigade of cavalry that consisted of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry, 1st Georgia Cavalry, 1st Louisiana Mountain Howitzers, and the Buckner Guards, to be known as the Kirby Smith Brigade of Cavalry. The brigade, with a strength of 896 officers and troopers, left Tennessee as the scouts for Smith's Army of 9,000 men, beginning their expedition into Kentucky.
On August 17, 1862, the Kirby Smith Brigade attacked the Union forces as London, Kentucky and routed Col. Houk's 3rd Tennessee Regiment, capturing near 120 men, 100 wagons and over 400 horses and mules.
On August 23, 1862, Col. Scott and the Kirby Smith Brigade attacked the 3rd Tennessee and 7th Kentucky Cavalry at Big Hill, Ky. After a short but intense battle, Scott's men routed the Union forces, the 7th Kentucky Cavalry in full retreat toward Richmond and the 3rd Tennessee fled into the countryside. The route was so complete that Col. Metcalfe refused to command the 7th Kentucky due to the disgraceful conduct of the men.
On the 30th August, 1862, Col. Scott and the Kirby Smith Brigade, including the 1st Louisiana Cavalry, circled to the West of Richmond and took possession of the roads leading to Lexington. Ambuscades were set up and around 6:00 P.M., the main Union force escaping from Gen. Cleburne's assault on Richmond, ran into the trap. A destructive fire was poured into the retreating union forces and after 60 were killed and many wounded, the entire force surrendered.
Col. Scott, with 850 troopers captured over 5,000 officers and men, nine pieces of artillery, large quantity of small arms, and wagons loaded with supplies. Due to darkness and the small number of men that were available to guard prisoners, some slipped away in the night. Among the men taken prisoner were Brig. General Manson and a number of staff officers. The Battle of Richmond, Kentucky was the most complete and thorough victory, by either the Confederate or Union forces, during the entire war.
Total killed, wounded, captured-Union: 5,353 Confederate: 451.
On September 3, 1862, drove the enemy from the town of Frankfort, Capital of Kentucky, and hoisted the battle flag of
the 1st Louisiana Cavalry over the capitol building.
On September 4, 1862, drove the enemy from the town of Shelbyville and continued on and burned the railroad bridges
outside of town, then returned to Frankfort.
On September 14, 1862, the 1st Louisiana Cavalry fought, dismounted in the first attack on Mumsfordville, Ky., on the right of Col. Chalmers command against the Union garrison of 4,000 men under the command of Col. J. T. Wilder, 17th Indiana Volunteers. The attack failed and the Confederates withdrew. On the 17th of September, after the town had been encircled by Confederates, Col. Wilder surrendered his command to Maj. Genearl Buckner. The capture of Mumsfordville included 4,267 prisoners, 5,000 rifles, 40 artillery pieces, quantities of ammunition, horses, mules and military stores.
The 1st Louisiana Cavalry passed through Lebanon, Ky. on the 25th September and on the 29th of September, attacked 300 cavalry at Womack's Springs and drove in the pickets to within 2 miles of Louisville. October 1st saw the Union move out of Louisville and press the attack on the Confederates. The 1st Louisiana Cavalry covered the retreat of the army to Frankfort.
On October 4, skirmish with Union cavalry near Clay Village, in attempt to draw cavalry out from infantry. Moved on to Frankfort and on the 5th October, cut part of the bridge leading to Frankfort. Guard the bridge on October 8th as more and more companies cross after being driven back by advancing Union army.
Companies A and B of the 1st La. ambush large groupa of the enemy that were attempting to cross bridge, killing many of them. Later, Col. Scott and Company A, along with a few stragglers, ambushed about 150 of the Yankees, killing and wounding many and driving the enemy into a larger ambush formed by Col. Starnes.
After Gen. Bragg failed to press the fight at Perryville, the retreat of the Confederate Armies in Kentucky began. On the 15th of October, Col. John Scott was arrested on orders of Gen. Bragg, on charges of "disobedience of orders" and relieved of command. Col. Wheeler verbally reprimanded Col. Scott and returned him to duty.
In the retreat from Kentucky back to Tennessee, the 1st Louisiana Cavalry was ordered to guard the rear of Bragg's army and to slow the advance of the Union army. On the 23rd of October, the 1st Louisiana returned to Sparta, Tennessee.
On November 27, 1862, General Joseph Johnston ordered the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment sent to the headquarters of General B. Bragg at Murfreesboro immediately. These orders effectively removed the 1st La. from the brigade of Col. John Scott and the army of Gen. K. Smith.
The regiment reached Murfreesboro on the 5th of December and did picket duty for the Right Wing of the Confederate Army until the 30th. On the 31st of December, during the heat of battle, Gen. Pegram led the 1st La. Cavalry Regiment in an attack upon the enemy's trains in their rear. By some misunderstanding of the order, General Pegram and Company A, alone, made the attack and captured 7 wagons and 2 ambulances and about 200 prisoners and, upon the arrival of the rest of the regiment, removed to the Confederate lines.
On the 1st of January, 1863, 1st La. Cavalry, were dismounted and sent forward as skirmishers on the right of Breckenridge's Division and harassed the enemy through the evening of the 2nd. The Sharpshooters of the regiment were engaged on the right at the Battle of Murfreesboro and did excellent work and had only one to receive a wound.
The 1st Louisiana Cavalry were with Gen. Breckenridge in his assault on Van Cleve's Division when it was driven back across Stone's River. Only after reinforcements, were the Confederates driven back and at a terrible cost to both sides.
On the 5th of January, 1863, Gen. Bragg decided to withdraw and the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, again, were charged with acting as the rear guard for the army's retreat and did so until the 5th of January, after which the regiment returned to Kingston, Tennessee.
After a period of inactivity, while camped at Bell's Camp Ground, 9 miles from Knoxville, Tennessee, Brig. Gen. John Pegram began his cavalry invasion of Kentucky on the 11th of March, 1863. With a force of approximately 1500 troopers, with B.G. Pegram commanding one brigade and Col. John Scott commanding the other and the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment under the command of Lt. Col. James Nixon, in Scott's brigade.
Pegram's cavalry brigades crossed into Kentucky on March 14, 1863. A portion of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry and a portion of
Col. Ashby's 2nd Tennessee Cavalry charged the town of Danville, Ky. and drove the Union army from the town and took
possession of it. In the process, the 1st Louisiana captured Lt. Col. Adams of Col. Woolford's cavalry and eleven enlisted, besides the ones in the hospital. The resistance of the Union army continued to grow and become more organized and Gen. Pegram began his retreat to Tennessee.
The 1st Louisiana Cavalry covered the retreat of Gen. Pegram March 25-28, 1863. On the 30th of March, the Battle of Somerset began, the darkest day of the war for the 1st La. Cavalry Regiment.
General Pegram attacked the enemy in a frontal assault and ordered Scott to attack the rear. During Scott's attempt to attack
the rear of the Union troops, Gen. Pegram's aide ordered Lt. Col. Nixon and the 1st La. Cavalry to retreat, thus splitting the
attacking Confederate forces in three separate sections. After Col. Scott found out about the order, he rounded up the 1st
Louisiana Cavalry and reorganized his other units, began his attack again. The attack was a failure and caused the 1st La. to
retreat, the first lose of the regiment in combat. The loses of the regiment were 4 Officers and 71 troopers. Total loses to
Pegram's command was 500 officers and men.
Following the retreat back to Tennessee, B.G. Pegram filed against Col. John Scott for disobeying an order and dilatoriness of action. Col. Scott was found guilty by courts martial and remanded to the commanding general. General Simon Buckner delivered a verbal reprimand to Scott and returned him to duty as a brigade commander.
In the latter part of July, Major General Buckner ordered Col. Scott on yet another cavalry raid into Kentucky. Under Scott's
command were the 1st Louisiana Cavalry, 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, 5th Tennessee Cavalry, 10th Confederate Cavalry, 5th North Carolina Cavalry, Brown's Horse Artillery and the 1st Louisiana Mountain Howitzer Battery. Scott's raid into Eastern Kentucky was to take some of the forces in pursuit of Gen. Morgan in his raids into Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio.
On Saturday, July 25th, 1863, the advance of the brigade reached Williamsburg and fought a skirmish with the 44th Ohio
Mounted Infantry, driving them from the town, toward London. On the evening of the 26th, the brigade reached London and drove the 44th Ohio from there and continued on toward Richmond, with a heavy skirmish with the enemy's advance, near Rogersville.
On Tuesday, July 28th, fought a pitched battle with the 112 Illinois Mounted Infantry, 2nd and 7th Ohio Cavalry, a detachment of the 10th and 14th Kentucky Cavalry, amounting to over 1,200 men, and after charging the enemy, which left in total disorder, and upon reaching Richmond, fought another skirmish with them and drove them from there and in the direction of Lexington.
While at Richmond, the 1st Louisiana Cavalry learned of the capture of General Morgan and his command and that the troops
engaged in the pursuit of Morgan were being resupplied and sent to capture Scott's Brigade.
Reached Winchester on the 29th and learned that enemy troops were pouring into Lexington from Louisville and Cincinnati.
Moved toward Irvine, trying to capture the 14th Kentucky Cavalry that was stationed there. The 1st Louisiana Cavalry was
placed in the rear of the brigade to delay the enemy as the rest of the brigade on to Lexington. On the 31st of July, Lt. Col.
Nixon and 6 companies of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry were attacked by the full force of the enemy and not getting any assistance from Col. Goode's 10th Confederate Cavalry or Lt. Col. Gillespie's 2nd Tennessee Cavalry, Lt. Col. Nixon and approximately 100 men of the 1st La. Cavalry, were captured. Col. Scott and the remainder of the 1st La. Cavalry and the guns of Robinson's battery, stopped the enemy that was in hot pursuit of the disorderly retreat of the 10th Confederate and 2nd Tennessee Cavalry.
The brigade started their withdrawal from Kentucky, destroying all the previously captured wagons, supplies, weapons, and such
that they could not safely bring out with them. The 1st Louisiana Cavalry, along with the rest of the brigade, ended the raid in near total failure, with heavy casualties and the lost of their Commander.
On the 9th of September, 1863, Gen. Forrest ordered Scott's Brigade to Ringgold, Georgia and to watch the enemy on the roads from Chattanooga. On the 11th, the Brigade fought a pitched battle with the advance of Gen. Crittenden's Corps. After a sharp skirmish, the brigade fell back toward Dalton and held if for 2 hours. Forced from it, retreated slowly on th Tunnel Hill, fighting the Federals every step of the way until nightfall.
Re-enforcements arrived from Gen. Forrest and on the morning of the 12th, the enemy retreated. Scott's Brigade followed them
and skirmished heavily on the 12th and 13th.
On the 14th, under orders from Gen. Forrest, returned to Ringgold, Ga. and remained there until the 17th, when the Union troops advanced on Ringgold and the brigade skirmished with them, driving them back.
On the 19th of September, 1863, Company A, 1st Louisiana Cavalry, was assigned as escort and bodyguards for Lt. Gen.
James Longstreet and Company E and a portion of Company C were assigned to General Hood. The remainder of the 1st
Louisiana Cavalry, along with 2nd, 4th and 5th Tennessee, 2nd and 4th Kentucky Cavalry, remnants of Morgan's command, and
the Louisiana Battery of Mountain Howitzers, made up Scott's Brigade, comprised of approximately 500 men.
During the day of the 19th, the brigade engaged the enemy and fought them for several hours and finally drove them from their
positions and back for over 2 miles and finally broke off engagement when ammunition supplies were exhausted. the brigade withdrew to their camp but there was no pursuit.
On the 21st, the brigade held the left of the road in Gen. Pegram's attack on Missionary Ridge.
On the 22nd, under the orders of Major-General Cheatham, the brigade moved on his right, crossing Missionary Ridge, down in
to the valley and about 3 miles from Chattanooga, engaged the 59th Ohio Infantry and drove them from their rifle pits. Nightfall
came on and the brigade was ordered back to the top of the ridge by Gen. Pegram. One of the most interesting things found that upon checking the bodies of the Union soldiers, all had their canteens filled with "Dutch Courage", whiskey.
The 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was detached from the army and assigned to duty at General Bragg's Headquarters with Major J. M. Taylor commanding.
Colonel John S. Scott resigned his command and rank on October 8, 1863 and returned to Louisiana.
During October and November, 1863, the 1st Louisiana Cavalry preformed duties as courier, body guards, picket, and rounding
up deserters and dealing with jayhawkers. Several of the companies were involved in skirmishes but were not involved as a regiment.
On the 24th and 25th of November, 1863, 1st Louisiana Cavalry again together as a regiment and were engaged with the enemy on Missionary Ridge. In breastworks, using railroad embankment. Twice drove the enemy advance back before being driven to the tip of the Ridge. Were on the right, under General Hardee. Major John Taylor was severely wounded when trying to rally the regiment in the 3rd advance of the Federals.
The 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was assigned once again to cover the rear of the army as it retreated to Ringgold, Georgia. The regiment fought several skirmishes with the pursuing Yankees during the period.
On January 11, 1864, Lt. General L. Polk, requested that Colonel John S. Scott be recommissioned and that the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment be removed from the Army of Tennessee and assigned to him. The request was endorsed by President Jefferson Davis and S. Cooper. The 1st La. Cavalry Regiment would be exchanged for Gantt's Tennessee Regiment.
From January to Feb. 29, 1864, the regiment was carried as unattached and under the command of Captain E. Green Davis. Reported effective strength of the regiment was 13 Officers and 140 Troopers. From Feb. 22 to Feb. 29, 1864, in front of Gen. Wheeler, skirmishing with the enemy and picketing as the enemy made a reconnaissance in force.
General Polk's reassigning the 1st La. Cavalry to the District of S. Mississippi and E. Louisiana served a two-fold purpose. One being that most of the men of the 1st La. Cav. were from the area parishes and the second being that they were a proven fighting force and would be able to recruit members into the regiment. All the commands in the area were organized under Scott and again, a serious fighting force was active along the lower Mississippi.
On March 3, 1864 and March 8, 1864, elements of the regiment skirmished with the enemy in the area of Baton Rouge, La. It was reported that an advance scout of 30 men of the 4th Wisconsin Cavalry were ambushed about 5 miles from Baton Rouge, with the loss of 2 men killed.
Col. John Scott reported to Lt. Gen. Polk that on the 3rd of May, 1864, his brigade of 550 men was attacked by 3 regiments of infantry, 800 cavalry and a battery of 4 Sawyer guns at Comite Bridge, near Olive Branch Church, near Baton Rouge, and the brigade repulsed the enemy most gallantly.
On May 15, 1864, the regiment attacked Mount Pleasant Landing, La. and burned the sawmill, several outbuildings and taking the stock and equipment and prisoners from the 67th U. S. Colored Infantry. The regiment was pursued by
elements of the 118 Illinois and the 78th Colored Infantry and the 12th Massachusetts Battery. A heated skirmish soon took place and the pursuit by the Federals was discontinued.
On the afternoon of the 28th May, 1864, elements of the regiment attacked the Pest House, opposite Port Hudson, La.
and destroyed much of the medical facilities and telegraph line and poles. Taken prisoner in the raid was a Union Physician, Ass't. Surgeon Mason, 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery. No pursuit by the enemy.
On the 15th June, 1864, elements of Scott's Brigade attacked the gun-boat 53 at Ratliff's Landing, causing enough damage to the boat that it had to be beached on Cat Island Bar.
On the 16th June, 1864, the brigade attacked the "General Bragg" tin-clad gunboat and fired 42 rounds of artillery at it,
striking it with 32 rounds, totally disabling it and killing or wounding the crew. The Bragg was towed from the scene by a monitor. Later this date, during the night, attack made on the U. S. Transport Landis, 6 miles north of Port Hudson, and Landis sunk before reaching Baton Rouge.
On the 17th June, 1864, at Newport's Cross-Roads, the regiment fought a skirmish with Yankee Infantry and Cavalry and repulsed their advance, causing them to retreat to their previous location.
On the 4th of August, 1864, at daylight, Col. John Scott and approximately 500 troopers of the brigade attacked the
Stockade at Doyal's Plantation, defended by elements of the 11th New York Cavalry. After a brief display on the Union
positions, Col. Scott sent a Flag of Truce forward and demanded the unconditional surrender of the forces and gave a 5 minute time limit. The Yankees charged out of the stockade and through the lines of the brigade. Several were wounded and killed but were able to make good their escape but left behind all their sick and wounded. Total captured were 92. Also taken by Scott's men were 130 horses and equipment.
On learning that the Federals were camped about 1 mile from Jackson, La., at Thompson's Creek, Col. John Scott commanding the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, 86 troopers strong and 21 pieces of artillery, attacked the Union forces, Infantry and cavalry and 1 battery artillery, approximately 2,000 strong, at daylight of the 5th of October, 1864.
With the aid of the 1st La. Cav.'s sharpshooters erasing the threat of artillery and their own artillery, soon had the enemy routed from their camp. A feeble attempt was made by the Federals at Alexander's Creek, one mile from St. Francisville, but only to cover the retreat to their boats.
On the evening of the 9th and morning of the 10th October, the 1st Louisiana Cavalry skirmished with the Yankees between Woodville and Bayou Sara, again driving them back to their boats at Bayou Sara. In the engagements with the enemy, the Union lost 65 killed and wounded and the 1st La. Cavalry lost 1 killed and 4 wounded.
On the morning of the 18th November, 1864, the 1st Louisiana Cavalry, along with Col. Gober's command and Lt. Col. Ogden force, marched on Liberty, Mississippi and attacked the Union forces of B. General Lee. After a severe fought battle with the enemy of 1,200 men and artillery, the men under Scott's command, less than 300, had to fall back due in part to the shortage of ammunition. In the attack, Scott's Cavalry had taken nearly half the town but could not hold. Losses to the Confederates were 3 men killed and 10 wounded.
On the night of the 19th November, the advance guard of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry, at Keller's Cross-Roads, charged the enemy, a regiment at least, and stampeded the rear guard, capturing a lieutenant, 4 privates, and a wagon with about 100 negroes. Still not having a resupply of ammunition, the remaining ammunition was collected and distributed to 75 hand picked men and under the command of Major Campbell, pursued the enemy to within 8 miles of Baton Rouge.
On December 5, 1864, the 1st Louisiana Cavalry fought a engagement at Moody's Ferry, Mississippi.
Reported that the regiment was in Mobile, Alabama during the latter part of December, 1864 and left there and and went to Summit, Mississippi.
Colonel John S. Scott, on February 10, 1865, is reported at his home out from Bayou Sara, under arrest for furloughing without authority. Reported that he furloughed his command and they were to reassemble in Summit, Mississippi. After his arrest, command went to Major S. W. Campbell.
On March 15, 1865, Col. Scott, back in command of Brigade, reported to Lt. General Forrest that 90 of his men had deserted and that Major Campbell was in pursuit. Major Campbell was successful in overtaking the men and returned with them to duty.
In early April, 1865, Col. John S. Scott was relieved of his command and relieved of active duty.
In the latter part of March and April, 1865, the 1st La. Cavalry was in the vicinity of Columsbia, Mississippi and had fought several engagements in the areas around there.
On May 5, 1865, Lt. General Richard Taylor, CSA, surrendered his Army, which included the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, to Major General E.R.S. Canby, USA, near Citronelle, Alabama. Final parole was at Gainesville, Alabama on May 12, 1865.
Several of the Troopers of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, that were with the regiment at Citronelle, Alabama, refused to surrender and left, headed back to Louisiana. Statements made that they never surrendered during the campaigns of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment and were not going to start now.
The 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, CSA was among the best fighting cavalry units on either side and by their actions and bravery earned their place in history and the hearts of their countrymen.