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April 2001
Our Latest Award
Presentation! 
The
prestegious
GOLD
Edition
Site Award of
Excellence
presented by the Iowa
3rd Cavalry as a Civil War Historical Site.
We are pleased to be the
1st receiptant of this new and exciting award
presentation.
We wish to offer our
humble thanks to the webmaster of the Iowa 3rd
Cavalry, John R. Gunter, for his most kind
consideration and token of appreciation awarded to
the men of the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. We
know the men would be very proud of their newest
laurel.
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Keep the Memory
Alive!
Your kindness
can help preserve our heritage!
The Jackson Barracks Military
Library in New
Orleans is the location where the Louisiana copies
of the Civil War Muster Roll records are kept.
There is an ongoing plan to protect and preserve
those fragile documents, along with many other
important documents on file at the military
library. Our favorite "charity" is the
Book Binding
Fund at Jackson
Barracks.
This web site is a FREE web site, and we do not
solicit donations of any kind.
However, we do support the efforts of others to
preserve the rich heritage we have been given by
our ancestors -- who served with pride. Should you
care, in a special way, to keep the memory alive of
your ancestor, we would suggest making a donation
to the Jackson
Barracks Military Library Book Binding
Fund that is
overseen by Archivist, Ms. Sherrie S. Pugh. A
donation given in the name of YOUR Louisiana Civil
War ancestor can help preserve another volume of
the Muster Rolls! We did! Should you care to
contact Ms. Pugh, you may do so at the following
address:
State of
Louisiana
Military Department
MILITARY LIBRARY
Office of the Adjutant General
Jackson Barracks
New Orleans, LA 70146-0330
Attn: Ms. Sherrie S. Pugh, Archivist
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26 November
2001
Our Latest
Award!
The Confederate
Site of Distinction Award
presented by James
Stump
24th Virginia
Infantry Regiment
THANK YOU
Jim
for this honorable
honor!
We are certain that the men of the
18th Louisiana
Infantry Regiment
would be proud to see their memory so honored
by such a respected Civil War researcher.
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W
E L C O M E
To My Home
Page Devoted to the MEMORY
of the MEN
who were the
18th Regiment
Louisiana Infantry!
This web site is dedicated to the
MEN of this Louisiana Confederate Regiment who were
witnesses to history -- at the Battle of Shiloh -- during
that bloody April back in 1862. Many of the men of the 18th
Regiment did not return from that battle... while many
others went on to fight in other battles and skirmishes
following what history refers to as the bloody Battle of
Shiloh.
So...take a journey with this
descendant of Pvt. Placide Richard, Co. K., back to April
1862... to a little church in rural Tennessee -- a place
called Shiloh and accompany the MEN of the 18th Regiment
Louisiana Infantry. After an Introduction page...a series of
pages will follow including the ROSTER of the MEN of the
18th Regiment.
18th
Louisiana Infantry Regiment
"Click" on the LINK of your
choice to your left -- to take you to the page that you wish
to visit...OR scroll down to the bottom of the page and view
each 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment page in
sequence!
Henry
Wassem and Martial Gosselin
Added on 6
February 2003: Our latest
addition to our Veteran's
Section. This is a
remarkable account of two soldiers from the Crescent (24th)
Regiment. The Crescent Regiment served side-by-side with the
18th Louisiana in a number of the campaigns beginning at
Shiloh and culminating at the Battle of Mansfield. At
Corinth, the regiment was disbanded and a number of the men
were assigned to the 18th Louisiana. Both men mentioned in
this essay at one time during these depicted events were
members of the 18th Louisiana. Read their story by clicking
on the above link.
It is NEW! It is a powerful NEW
tool to honor your hero who served and helped to reshape the
world during the most turbulent era of the 20th
Century.
We have just begun a new and
exciting project! This new web site is a tribute to the
brave men and women who served during World War II in
military service and on the home front. We are looking to
tell YOUR story. Check out our new endeavor. You
might want to contribute a story! Just click on the
link.
John
Monroe Dick Biography
Added on 9 July
2001! Our newest addition to our Veterans
Section! Meet John Monroe Dick: Pvt., Co. B.(St. Landry
Volunteers), "Captain" of a Confederate Schooner, Blockade
Runner, Coastal Pilot, Scout, Guide, Spy and witness to the
most turbulent of times in American history. Read his story
so exquisitely written and submitted by his Great
granddaughter, Nancy J. Barginear.
UPDATED on 30 June
2001. This
SECTION has been updated to reflect additional mens' names
and pension application details of the Men of the 18th
Louisiana
Pension
Applications
We are really excited
about this new section. It is a section that delivers
information with regards to the Applications for Confederate
Pensions for Confederate Veterans and or their Widows and we
have been doing some research looking for applications that
pertain to the men of the 18th Louisisna. We are finding
what we belive is a treasure trove of documents that are on
file at the Archives in Baton Rouge. We are providing a
listing of our findings and listing even the widow's MAIDEN
names when and where known. The research is on-going and we
will be adding many more listings over the next couple of
weeks. So check it out! The largest file found thus far is a
whopping 69 pages in length!
You may care to skip
the lengthy Introduction Section and go directly to the
Pension
Applications Index.
Even though, we stongly recommend
your viewing the introduction page which contains valuable
insight as to the type of materials you can obtain from the
Pension Application files. They are quite frankly a treasure
trove of information.
A NEW SECTION is entitled
the
10th Battalion
Louisiana Infantry (Yellow Jacket Battalion)
Yellow
Jacket Battalion
.
We are now adding the
Yellow Jacket Battalion (10th Battalion Louisiana Infantry)
to our web site. This Louisiana unit was closely tied into
the 18th Louisiana -- so it is logical that we give a
complete list of the men who served with the Yellow Jacket
Battalion. A list of the men [muster roll records] are now
becoming a part of the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment and
Yellow Jacket Battalion. The Yellow Jackets were merged with
the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment at Simmsport on 14
November 1863.We periodically receive requests concerning
the men who served in this unit. So check out our latest
roster. Let us know if we are missing some of the men and we
will happily add your ancestor to the list of the men who
served in the Yellow Jacket Battalion.
A NEW SECTION
recently added entitled the
Louisiana
Regimental World Wide Web Sites. .
Louisiana
Regimental Web Sites
.
We are now adding a listing
of the official Louisiana Regimental web sites including our
own rating of each web site. Many folks have made inquiries
about other colorful and historic regiments from the state
of Louisiana. Check out this new addition. We are planning
to add more sites as they become available. If you have
recently added a Louisiana Regimental site to the world wide
web and want us to add it to our list -- please do so at the
e-mail address listed below.
A NEW SECTION
recently added entitled the
18th Louisiana
Infantry Regiment OR's.
.
18th
Louisiana: the OR's
.
We are now adding the
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion as they pertain
to the actions of the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. The
first new section deals with the events that led to the
tragic loss of 200+ men of the regiment during the first day
of Shiloh, Sunday, April 6, 1862. What is unique about this
section is the view from BOTH sides of the engagement. You
can even link to another site -- the 48th Ohio Volunteer
Infantry Regiment that was supporting the battery which
wreaked havoic among the men of the 18th Louisiana.
In time, we will be adding the
Official Records that pertain to the evets following Shiloh
through Corinth, southern Louisiana and evetually the
culumination at Mansfield during the failed federal Red
River Campaign.
RECENT ADDITION entitled
the
18th Louisiana
Infantry Regiment Photo Album
18th
Photo Album
We, at the 18th Louisiana Infantry
Regiment are proudly displaying our images of the men who
served in this historic Louisiana Infantry Regiment as their
leaders and common soldiers. We have just started this
project and hope to add additional images as they become
available. Should you have a photograph of your ancestor who
served in the 18th Louisiana and would care to share it with
the world wide web -- please contact us at the following
link -- and we will happily add the photograph to our photo
album. The image can be of the soldier in uniform OR in
civilian clothes. Either way -- we will happily display your
treasured image.
Recent addition entitled
the
18th Louisiana
Infantry Regiment Headstone Tribute
Soldier's
Headstone Tributes
Headstone Tributes to the Men of
the 18th Louisiana [as well as 28th Thomas'] Louisiana
Infantry Regiments. Descendants of the men who were these
two historic Louisiana Infantry Regiments can now share with
others a lasting tribute to the men and their final resting
place -- with photos, letters, documents, poems, family
lore, grave site images, grave site directions -- you name
it. By popular request, we are are now adding a special
tribute page for your beloved citizen soldier. Click on the
above link to see how!
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Burial Site
Locations Added to the Muster Rolls:
A recently added
feature to the Roster of the 18th Louisiana
Infantry Regiment. Learn the BURIAL SITES of many of the men who served in
this gallant Civil War Regiment. Click on the
adjoining link following the muster roll record to
learn many more details.We will be adding many more
burial sites as they become available.
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Do You Know
This Man?
Would You Care to Meet
Paul Thibodaux?
Paul is our very
recent addition to the Veterans Section and
he has a story to tell. Click on the link below.
Paul
Thibodaux, Corpl., Co. G.
Paul Thibodaux was a Corporal with
Co. G., the Lafourche Creoles --and he was wounded at Shiloh
on 7 April 1862. He survived the war and returned home to
take a wife and raise a family and then lived to a ripe ole'
age of 98.
The Roster Pages of the 18th
Louisiana Infantry Regiment have taken on a New Look and
should load into your browser window much quicker. The
Roster of Company A thru K is now divided into two sections
with the Officers, Men with surnames A thru L being listed
on the first page while Men with surnames M thru Z will be
listed on the second page.
Additionally, we at the 18th
Louisiana Infantry Regiment are now offering ADDITIONAL
details with regards to the MEN who were the 18th
Louisiana.On many of the men, we have now included recently
received CIVILIAN DATA, providing information such as
Civilian
Occupation, Wife's Name, Number and
Names of Children.
If he survived the war and
location of his burial site. Also included are family facts, legends, and personal
stories. Plus other details
if known.
As quickly as the information can
be updated and uploaded to our server, NEW information on
the men will be added. Check back often for updates. If you
care to add, modify, or remove updates to YOUR ancestor, you
may do so by contacting us at the following e-mail
address.
Thank you for
helping to remember the men and their sacrifices:
Feel free to click on the links
shown on the left view the pages chronicles the MEN of the
18th Louisiana...or scroll down to the bottom of this page
and click on the link of your choice. Either way, the time
spent on each page will be well worth the effort.
*Please Note*
Be advised, many of these pages are
graphic intensive and may take a while to load into your
browser window. The wait is worth it -- for much information
is included on them. Thank You!
A Plea for YOUR
Assistance!
Please help me in building the BEST
page possible to the memory of those
gallant men of long ago. If you have any corrections,
additions,
alterations, information,
pictures, letters, diaries, notes, etc. regarding
the 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry...PLEASE
contact me at the e-mail address listed at the
bottom of this page. ANY information that you care to add
will go a long way in helping to preserve the
memory of our ancestors who
gave their all in the mighty struggle we remember
as the American Civil War!!!!
It is the intention of this
researcher to add pages as a tribute to OUR ancestors from
that distant past nationwide struggle. If you
would like to tell "your story" about "your
ancestor", contact us and we will make every effort
to add that information to the growing number of pages
that make up this project...18th Regiment
Louisiana Infantry!
Thank You.
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Regiment
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