17th LA Infantry, Co F, Caddo Lake Boys

17th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in September, 1861. Its members were recruited in the parishes of Ouachita, Sabine, Catahoula, Plaquemines, Orleans, Caddo, Bossier, Morehouse, and Claiborne. The unit fought at Shiloh and in July, 1862, contained 27 officers and 373 men. Assigned to Baldwin's Brigade in the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, it lost 2 killed, 10 wounded, and 1 missing at Chickasaw Bayou, then was captured at Vicksburg on July 4, 1863. Exchanged and reorganized, the regiment was placed in A. Thomas' Brigade, Trans-Mississippi Department, and engaged the Federals within the boundries of Louisiana. Early in 1865 it disbanded. The field officers were Colonels S.S. Heard and Robert Richardson; Lieutenant Colonels Charles Jones and Madison Rogers; and Majors Robert B. Jones, William A. Maddox, William A. Redditt, and David W. Self.

If you have names of the men serving in this company, please send them to me for inclusion on this page.

ADAMS, E.

ADAMS, R. Q.

ADAMS, Samuel. See Company E, this regiment. Also Company I, this regiment.

ADAMS, W. E.

BRACKEN, James.

GERRALD, S. C. "Samuel Chesley Gerrald" enlisted in 1861, was trained at Camp Moore, paroled at Vicksburg. John Gerrald

HENRY, G. W. En. 23 Sep 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Feb 63. [NFR.] (B2:273)

JOHNSON, J. V.

MARTIN, John B. En. 30 Sep 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to May 62. Re-en. Edwards Depot, MS, 23 May 62. Jul-Aug 62: Disch. 20 Aug 62. [NFR.] (B2:894)

MILLER, John R.

NOEL, William E.

ROBERTSON, T. J. "Thomas James Robertson" trained at Camp Moore, paroled at Vicksburg. Second husband of Martha Ann Attaway. John Gerrald

YOUNG, G. W.

YOUNG, James P.