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14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
Colonel Zebulon York was the regiment's third commander. He became a brigadier general.
Active	16 June 1861 – 9 April 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Louisiana
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Part of	1st Louisiana Brigade (Hays') 2nd Louisiana Brigade (Nicholls', Stafford's, York's)
Engagements	American Civil War Siege of Yorktown (1862) Battle of Williamsburg (1862) Battle of Seven Pines (1862) Battle of Beaver Dam Creek (1862) Battle of Gaines' Mill (1862) Battle of Glendale (1862) Battle of Cedar Mountain (1862) Second Battle of Bull Run (1862) Battle of Antietam (1862) Battle of Fredericksburg (1862) Battle of Chancellorsville (1863) Second Battle of Winchester (1863) Battle of Gettysburg (1863) Battle of Mine Run (1863) Battle of the Wilderness (1864) Battle of Spotsylvania (1864) Battle of Cold Harbor (1864) Battle of Monocacy (1864) Third Battle of Winchester (1864) Battle of Fisher's Hill (1864) Battle of Cedar Creek (1864) Siege of Petersburg (1864–65) Battle of Appomattox (1865)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Zebulon York

The 14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Formed in June 1861 as the 1st Regiment, Polish Brigade, the unit was later accepted into Confederate service as the 13th Regiment. After being sent to fight in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, it was renamed the 14th Regiment. In 1862, it fought at Yorktown, Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Beaver Dam Creek, Gaines' Mill and Glendale. At Glendale, the unit suffered a severe number of casualties and, thereafter, surviving members of the regiment dubbed the battle "the Slaughterhouse."^[1]

After being assigned to the 1st Louisiana Brigade, the regiment fought at Cedar Mountain, Second Bull Run, and Antietam. It transferred to the 2nd Louisiana Brigade and served at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Second Winchester, Gettysburg, Mine Run and the Wilderness. At Spotsylvania most of the regiment's soldiers were captured. Its remains fought at Cold Harbor, Monocacy, Third Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and Petersburg in 1864. A few survivors surrendered at Appomattox in 1865.^[2]

See also[edit]

• List of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units
• Louisiana in the Civil War

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References[edit]

• Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 2. New York, N.Y.: Castle. 1956 [1883].
• Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987 [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-572-8.
• Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. (1989). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9.
• Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
• Hennessy, John J. (1999). Return to Bull Run: The Campaign and Battle of Second Manassas. Norman, Okla.: University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-3187-X.
• Priest, John Michael (1989). Antietam: The Soldiers' Battle. New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-508466-7.
• Rhea, Gordon C. (1994). The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-1873-7.
• Sears, Stephen W. (1996). Chancellorsville. New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Co. ISBN 0-395-87744-X.
• Sears, Stephen W. (2001). To the Gates of Richmond: The Peninsular Campaign. New York, N.Y.: Mariner Books. ISBN 0-618-12713-5.
• Trudeau, Noah Andre (2002). Gettysburg: A Testing of Courage. New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins. ISBN 0-06-019363-8.

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