18th Louisiana: Official Records

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The War of the Rebellion:
Compilation of the Official Records of the Union & Confederate Armies
The following is a list of the Official Records as pertaining to the Confederate reports regarding the events relating to the Battle of Shiloh -- April 6-7, 1862 in which the 18th Louisiana endured a devestating loss of men.These records give some historical details as to activities with regards to the regiment that my ancestor, Placide Fabien Richard, Pvt., Co. K., 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment served with during the American Civil War.

Each of the following Official Records listed below are from the commanding officers of the federal units facing the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment across the clearing from the ravine from which they -- along with the Orleans Guards Infantry Battalion and the 16th Louisiana Infantry Regimnet made that fateful charge on Sunday, April 6, 1862 at approximately 4 p. m.

If you would care to read the official record, click on the corresponding belt buckle and you will be taken to that document. Some records contain only referrences in passing while others contain detailed information with regards to this event.

By reading each of the following Official Records in sequence, one can get a very good overall picture of the events leading to and occuring on the first day of battle at Shiloh -- Sunday, April 6, 1862.

Additional information, comments, corrections, modifications to the list will be welcomed. Please forward them to the e-mail listed below.

Union Official Records
OR's Federal Opponents to the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

O.R. -- SERIES I -- VOLUME X/1 [S#10] [pp #264-266]
April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn.
No. 71. -- Report of Lieut. Col. Robert A. Fulton, Fifty-third Ohio Infantry.

O.R. -- SERIES I -- VOLUME X/1 [S#10] [pp #266-269]
April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn.
No. 72. -- Report of Col. Ralph P. Buckland, Seventy-second Ohio Infantry, Commanding Fourth Brigade.

O.R. -- SERIES I -- VOLUME X/1 [S#10] [pp #204]
April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn.
No. 73. -- Report of Lieut. Col. Job R. Parker, Forty-eighth Ohio Infantry.

O.R. -- SERIES I -- VOLUME X/1 [S#10] [pp #270-272]
April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn
No. 74. -- Report of Col. Joseph R. Cockerill, Seventieth Ohio Infantry.

O.R. -- SERIES I -- VOLUME X/1 [S#10] [pp #272-275]
April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn.
No. 75. -- Report of Maj. Ezra Taylor, First Illinois Light Artillery, Chief of Artillery, Fifth Division.

Referrence:
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies
as illustrated on the CD by Guild Press of Indiana, Inc.

Updated on 7 March 2006...1505:35 CST

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	O.R. -- SERIES I -- VOLUME X/1 [S#10] [pp #264-266] April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn. No. 71. -- Report of Lieut. Col. Robert A. Fulton, Fifty-third Ohio Infantry.
	O.R. -- SERIES I -- VOLUME X/1 [S#10] [pp #266-269] April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn. No. 72. -- Report of Col. Ralph P. Buckland, Seventy-second Ohio Infantry, Commanding Fourth Brigade.
	O.R. -- SERIES I -- VOLUME X/1 [S#10] [pp #204] April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn. No. 73. -- Report of Lieut. Col. Job R. Parker, Forty-eighth Ohio Infantry.
	O.R. -- SERIES I -- VOLUME X/1 [S#10] [pp #270-272] April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn No. 74. -- Report of Col. Joseph R. Cockerill, Seventieth Ohio Infantry.
	O.R. -- SERIES I -- VOLUME X/1 [S#10] [pp #272-275] April 6-7, 1862..--Battle of Pittsburg Landing, or Shiloh, Tenn. No. 75. -- Report of Maj. Ezra Taylor, First Illinois Light Artillery, Chief of Artillery, Fifth Division.