The 3rd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry was a regiment in the
Union Army during the
American Civil War
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...
.
Port Hudson
The unit was organized at
New Orleans, Louisiana
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, November 24, 1862, and remained there until May 1863. Between May and July, the regiment was involved in the
Siege of Port Hudson
The siege of Port Hudson (May 22 – July 9, 1863) was the final engagement in the Union (American Civil War), Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. While Union General Ulysses S. Grant, Ulysses Grant was S ...
.
''Corps d'Afrique''
The designation was changed to 3rd Regiment, Corps d'Afrique June 6 at Port Hudson. The Confederate garrison at Port Hudson surrendered on July 9, five days after the fall of
Vicksburg farther up the
Mississippi River
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.
United States Colored Troops
The unit designation was changed once again to the 75th United States Colored Troops on April 4, 1864.
Dyer
/ref> The 75th participated in the Red River Campaign with engagements at the Battle of Mansura on May 16 and the Battle of Yellow Bayou
The Battle of Yellow Bayou, also known as the Battle of Norwood's Plantation, (May 18, 1864) saw Union Army forces led by Brigadier General Joseph A. Mower clash with Confederate States Army troops commanded by Brigadier General John A. Wharton ...
on May 18.
The regiment remained on duty in southern Louisiana for the remainder of the war and mustered out November 25, 1865.
See also
*Port Hudson order of battle The order of battle for the Siege of Port Hudson
The siege of Port Hudson (May 22 – July 9, 1863) was the final engagement in the Union (American Civil War), Union campaign to recapture the Mississippi River in the American Civil War. While Un ...
*List of Louisiana Union Civil War units
This is a list of regiments from the U.S. state of Louisiana that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The list of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units is shown separately.
Artillery
* 1st Louisiana Regiment ...
*List of United States Colored Troops Civil War units
Infantry
*1st United States Colored Infantry, 1st Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops
*2nd United States Colored Infantry, 2nd Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops
*3rd Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops
*4th United States Colored I ...
References
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External links
Union Regimental Histories – Corps De Afrique
Native Guard, 003
Louisiana Native Guard, 003
Military units and formations established in 1862
1862 establishments in Louisiana
Military units and formations disestablished in 1865