The 16th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in

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that fought in the

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during the

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. The regiment organized in September 1861 and served during the war in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The regiment fought at Shiloh,

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, and Perryville in 1862. In November 1862, the regiment was consolidated with the 25th Louisiana Infantry Regiment and served at

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, Chickamauga, and

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in 1863. The unit fought at Resaca, New Hope Church,

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, Jonesborough, and

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in 1864. The consolidation with the 25th Louisiana was discontinued in February 1865 and the regiment was re-consolidated with the

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and 20th Louisiana Infantry Regiments. The unit fought its final battle at Spanish Fort. The regiment was again consolidated into the

Chalmette Regiment The Chalmette Regiment was a regiment of the Louisiana Militia consisting of Foreign enlistment in the American Civil War, foreign volunteers called into Confederate service in the American Civil War for 90 days March 1, 1862. Mustered out in May ...

shortly before surrendering in May 1865.

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