Avoyelles Parish men formed several military units during the Civil War. They also made up a large portion of the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment.
The 18th saw action in Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama before returning to Louisiana.
They were one of regiments which made up General Mouton's Army during the Red River Campaign, which brought them right back to their home territory in Avoyelles Parish.
This book tells a little of their story as well as lists the soldiers from or with strong ties to Avoyelles who were in the 18th Regiment.
Table of contents
Cover
Re-enactor Angelo Piazza orders his cannon fired near the exact moment of the 150th anniversary of its fall at Fort DeRussy on March 14, 2014
Historical markers mark the path of the 18th in Avoyelles
Opening Pages
List of Officers, Battles
Section I
History of 18th Louisiana Infantry
New Orleans, Tennessee, Mississippi, South Louisiana
Section II
History of 18th Consolidated Regiment
Organized at Simmesport
Red River Campaign:
From Fort DeRussy to Yellow Bayou
Section III
Avoyelles in the 18th
Roster and portraits
Final Pages
List of Deaths During the war
Avoyelles 18th soldiers who were killed or died while serving
18th Regt. Veterans alive in 1911
Avoyelles Parish Confederate census
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Battles of the 18th
as 18th Louisiana Infantry 1861-1863
March 1, 1862: Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee River
March 9-14: Purdy Expedition & Crump's [detachment]
April 6-7, 1862: Shiloh, Tennessee
April -June 1862: Corinth Mississippi Campaign
October 27, 1862: Georgia Landing, near Labadieville, LA January 14, 1863: Bayou Teche
April 13-14, 1863: Fort Bisland
November 18-21, 1863 Hog Point vs. gunboats & transports as 18th Consolidated 1864-1865
March-June 64: Battles: Red River Campaign
April 8, 1864 Mansfield;
April 9, 1864 Pleasant Hill;
May 17, 1864 Mansura
May 18, 1864 Yellow Bayou