The 16th and 25th Consolidated Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in
Louisiana
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that fought in the
Confederate States Army
The Confederate States Army (CSA), also called the Confederate army or the Southern army, was the Military forces of the Confederate States, military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) duri ...
during the
American Civil War
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. It served only in the
Western Theater. The unit was created in November 1862 by combining the veteran
16th Louisiana and
25th Louisiana Infantry Regiments to form the consolidated regiment. The new unit served at
Stones River
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,
Jackson
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,
Chickamauga, and
Missionary Ridge
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in 1863. The unit fought at
Resaca,
New Hope Church,
Atlanta
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,
Ezra Church
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,
Jonesborough, and
Nashville
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in 1864. The consolidation was dissolved in February 1865 and the 16th and 25th Infantry Regiments were re-consolidated with other units
See also
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List of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units
This is a list of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units. The list of Louisiana Union Civil War units is shown separately.
Confederate army
Infantry
The following list includes infantry regiments and battalions.
* 1st Louisiana Infantry Regi ...
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Louisiana in the Civil War
Louisiana was a dominant population center in the southwest of the Confederate States of America, controlling the wealthy trade center of New Orleans, and contributing the French Creole and Cajun populations to the demographic composition ...
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Units and formations of the Confederate States Army from Louisiana
1862 establishments in Louisiana
Military units and formations established in 1862
1865 disestablishments in Louisiana
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865
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