4th Louisiana, Co. E
Lafourche Guards, Vick's & Lorios

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From Sifakis, Compendium of C.S. Armies: Louisiana, 73-75:
Organization: Organized at Camp Moore on May 25, 1861. Mustered into Confederate service for 12 months at Camp Moore on May 25, 1861. Detachment surrendered at Port Hudson on July 9, 1863. Field consolidation with the 30th Infantry Battalion from November 1864 to March 1865. Field consolidation with the 13th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Battalion, and 14th Sharpshooters Battalion from February to May 4, 1865. Surrendered by Lieutenant General Richard Taylor, commanding the Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana, at Citronelle, Alabama on May 4, 1865.
First Commander: Robert J. Barrow, COL [resigned March 21, 1862]
Field Officers: Henry W[atkins] Allen, LTC, COL [March 21, 1862; promoted BG, January 19, 1863]; Samuel E. Hunter, MAJ, LTC [March 21, 1862], COL [January 9, 1863]; William F. Pennington, MAJ [May 19, 1862], LTC January 19, 1863]; E.J. Pullen, MAJ [January 19, 1863]; Thomas E. Vick, MAJ [March 21, 1862; dropped May 19, 1862]

Assignments: Department #1 (May 61-Feb 62); MOUTON’s Brigade, 1st Corps, 2nd Grand Division, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (Mar 62); Gibson’s Brigade, Ruggles’ Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (Mar-Apr 62); Anderson’s Brigade, Ruggles’ Division, 2nd Corps, Army of the Mississippi, Department #2 (Apr-May 62); 2nd Sub-district, District of the Mississippi, Department #2 (Jul-Aug 62); Allen’s Brigade, Ruggles’ Division, Breckinridge’s Command, District of the Mississippi, Department #2 (Aug 62); 1st Sub-district, District of the Mississippi, Department #2 (Aug-Oct 62); Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (Oct 62); 3rd Military District, District of East Louisiana, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (Oct 62-Jan 63); Maxey’s Brigade, District of East Louisiana, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (Jan-May 63); Miles’ Brigade, District of East Louisiana, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana [detachment] (May-Jul 63); Maxey’s Brigade, Loring’s Division, Department of the West (May-Jun 63); Maxey’s Brigade, French’s Division, Department of the West (Jun-Jul 63); Maxey’s Brigade, French’s Division, Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana (Jul-Aug 63); Cantey’s Brigade, Department of the Gulf (Sep-Dec 63); Quarles’ Brigade, Breckinridge’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee (Dec 63-Feb 64); Quarles’ Brigade, Department of the Gulf (Feb-Apr 64); Quarles’ Brigade, District of the Gulf, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (Apr-May 64); Quarles’ Brigade, Walthall’s Division, Army of Mississippi (Jun-Jul 64); Gibson’s Brigade, Stewart’s-Clayton’s Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Tennessee (Jul 64-Jan 65); Gibson’s Brigade, District of the Gulf, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (Mar-Apr 65); Gibson’s Brigade, Department of Alabama, Mississippi, and East Louisiana (Apr-May 65)

ALLAIN, Louis Sylvain. Cpl. Pvt. Born 17 Feb 1827, Iberville Parish. Baptized 1 Apr 1827, St. Gabriel Catholic Church, St. Gabriel. Son of Janvier ALLAIN & Marie Elizabeth BOUSH of Iberville Parish. Married, age 24, Clara E. KNOBLOCH, daughter of Henri KNOBLOCH & Rosalie GUIDRY of Lafourche Interior Parish, 27 Nov 1851, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Thibodeaux. Living in Lafourche Parish when he enlisted in Company E, 25 May 1861, Camp Moore, age 34. Present to Dec 61. Not on rolls Jan-Oct 62. Absent Nov-Dec 62, taken prisoner, paroled, no place of capture given. Present Jan-Apr 63. Not on roll May-Jun 63. On hospital register admitted to 1st Mississippi C.S. Hospital, no place given, 6 Jun 63, sent to general hospital, Enterprise, MS, 9 Jun 63. Present Jul-Oct 63. Not on rolls Nov 63-Apr 64. Absent May 64-28 Feb 65, detached service as clerk, commissary department, Montgomery, AL, order of War Department. Not on unit rolls after Feb 65. End-of-war POW paroled Natchitoches, 6 Jun 65. Died Lafourche Parish, 1878, age 51. Buried St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery, Thibodeaux. // Ancestry.com, Civil War Rolls: Louis ALLAIN; rank in Cpl., rank out Pvt.; places him in Company E. Booth, LA Confed. Soldiers, 1:43: Louis ALLAIN; gives no company at enlistment. BRDR, 4:7: Louis Sylvanie ALLAIN. CSRC, Index: Louis ALLAIN; places him in Company E. Hébert, D., South LA Records, 3:8: Louis S. ALLAIN, Louis Silvain ALLAIN. La. Confed. Burials: Louis Sylvain ALLAIN; gives birth year of 1827, death year of 1878, & places him in Companies E & H. Patrick, Reluctant Rebel, 150, 154, 159, 161, 257, 263: Louis ALLAIN, Louis Allen; places him in Company I on p. 257, evidently an error. // Brother of Sgt. Simon Ernest ALLAIN of this company; & 1Sgt. Faustin Alcée ALLAIN of Company H, Ogden's Regiment Cavarly. First cousin of BG Louis HÉBERT.

ALLAIN, Simon Ernest. Sgt. Called Ernest. Born 18 Jan 1835. Baptized 28 May 1835, St. Gabriel Catholic Church, St. Gabriel. Son of Janvier ALLAIN & Marie Elizabeth BOUSH of Iberville Parish. Not in Booth. // Ancestry.com, Civil War Rolls. BRDR, 5(rev.):11: Simon Erneste ALLAIN. CSRC, Index: Ernest ALLAIN. // Brother of Cpl. Louis Sylvain ALLAIN of this company; & 1Sgt. Faustin Alcée ALLAIN of Company H, Ogden's Regiment Cavalry. First cousin of BG Louis HÉBERT.

AUCOIN, Marsilien. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. May 61-Dec 63. Aug 64-Feb 65: D. hosp. Marietta, GA, [n.d.]. (B1:88a)

BABIN, Adam. Pvt. Married Lise SAVOIE, daughter of Ursin SAVOIE & Aselie MATHERNE of Lafourche Parish, 10 Nov 1860, Thibodaux. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Nov 62. Abs. sick at Woodville, MS, Dec 62-Dec 63. [NFR.] // Booth, La. Confed. Soldiers, 1:96: Adam BABIN; Hebert, D., South La. Records, 3:24: Adams BABIN.

BABIN, Joseph. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Feb 62. Nov-Dec 62: Abs. Police, Canton, MS. [NER.] Pres. Jan-Dec 63. WIA nr. Atlanta, GA, 28 Jul 64. POW cap. Franklin , TN, 17 Dec 64. Sent to Mil. Prison, Louisville, KY, fr Nashville, TN, 2 Jan 65. Fwd. to Camp Chase, OH, 4 Jan 65. D. Camp Chase, 7 Feb 65. (B1:97a)

BABIN, Octave. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Dec 63. MWIA, 28 Jul 64 [Ezra Church, GA]. D. fr effects of wds. rcd., [n.d.]. (B1:98a)

BADEAUX, Adolphe. Pvt.

BADEAUX, Emile. Pvt.

BENOIT, Philia. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Dec 61. AWOL, Nov 62-Jun 63. Jul-Aug 63: Furl. expired 1 May 63. Not yet ret. [AWOL? Des.?] [NFR.] (B1:168a)

BERNARD, Victor H. Pvt. Band. En. 26 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Dec 63.

BERTRAND, Charles. Pvt.

BERTRAND, Euphimon. Pvt.

BESSON, John. Pvt.

BESSON, Joseph T. Cpl.

BOUDREAUX, Arthur L. Pvt. Cpl. Res. Thibodaux. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Apr 65. POW prl. Meridian, MS, 14 May 65.

BOUDREAUX, Victorin. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Aug 61. Sep-Oct 61: Disch. at Ship Island, MS.

BOURG, Joseph L. Pvt. Cpl. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Dec 63. MWIA, [n.p.], 7 Aug 64. D. [n.p.], 7 Aug 64.

BOURGEOIS, Alces. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Feb 62.

BOURGEOIS, Ilde. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Apr 63. May-Jun 63: Abs. det. at Port Hudson. Pres. Jul 63-Aug 64. POW cap. Nashville, TN, 16 Dec 64. Sent to Mil. Prison, Louisville, KY, 22 Dec 64. Fwd. to Camp Chase, OH, 4 Jan 65. En. in U.S. svc. & trfr. to Chicago, IL, 20 Mar 65. [NFR.] (B1:63b)

BOURGEOIS, Savinien. Pvt. En. 7 Jan 63, Port Hudson. Pres. to Dec 63. KIA nr. Atlanta, GA, 28 Jul 64.

BOUVIER, Antenor. Pvt.

BRASSEAUX, Henry C. Pvt.

CHAUVIN, Joseph. Pvt.

CHIASSON [Chesson], D. Pvt. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW cap. nr Jackson, MS, 4 Jul 63. Sent to Camp Morton, IN, [n.d]. Disposition unaccounted for.

CHIASSON, Justitien. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Tangipahoa.

CHIASSON [Chesson], Theodore [T., Charles]. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Tangipahoa. Pres. to Dec 62. Late Dec 62-Jun 63: Pres. or abs. not stated. Jul-Aug 63: Des. 16 Jul 63. POW cap. nr Jackson, MS, [?] Jul 63. Sent to Snyder’s Bluff, MS, 30 Jul 63. Rcd. Camp Morton, IN, 7 Aug 63. [NFR.] (B1:326)

COULON, H. Nicholas. Jr2LT.

DAIGLE [Daigre], Ernest. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Tangipahoa. Pres. to Dec 62. Late Dec 62-late Apr 63 (dated 30 Jul 63): Abs. det. at Port Hudson. POW cap. Port Hudson, [?] Jul 63. To late Oct 63: Abs. det. at Port Hudson. Nov-Dec 63: Abs. POW. May-late Aug 64: AWOL. Trans-Miss. Dept. roll of late Aug 64-late Feb 65: Abs. POW cap. Port Hudson, [?] Jul 63. [NFR.] (B1:520-1)

DANSEREAU, Hercules. LT. enlisted in the Southern army and was made lieutenant of the , which was stationed, successively, at Pascagoula, Miss., Ship Island, Jackson, Tenn., and Corinth. The Lafourche Guards took part in the battle of Shiloh. In April, 1862, Dr. Dansereau resigned from the army, returned to Thibodaux, where he resumed the practice of medicine until 1906

DARDEN, William R. Cpl.

DAUNIS, Orestide. Pvt.

DURANT, George A. Pvt.

FORET [Faurest, Forest], Joseph M. Cpl. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Tangipahoa. Pres. to Feb 62. Dec 62-Oct 63: Abs. on det. svc., Atlanta, GA, govt. works. Pres. Nov-Dec 63. May-late Aug 64: Abs. Det. in govt. shop, Atlanta. Late Aug 64-late Feb 65: Abs. Det. in govt. shop, Montgomery, AL, order of War Dept., n.d. Late Apr 65: Abs. Detl. govt. works. [NFR.] (B1:895)

FORET [Faurest, Forest], Robert. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Tangipahoa. Pres. to Dec 63 fr time of en. WIA, [Ezra Church, GA?], 28 Jul 64. Late Aug 64-late Apr 65: Abs. Wd. 28 Jul 64. In hosp., Montgomery, AL, leg amputated. Prl. Montgomery, 1 Jun 65. (B1:896)

GAUTREAUX [Gauthreaux], Alcee [J. R. Alcee]. Pvt. Res. Assumption Par. En. 7 Jan 63, Port Hudson. Pres. May-Oct 63. Nov-Dec 63: Abs. sick, Cassville, GA. WIA, [Ezra Church, GA], 28 Jul 64. May 64-Apr 65: Abs. wd. POW prl. Meridian, MS, 12 May 65. Prl. POWs, Napoleonville, 1 Nov 65. (B1:989)

GAUTREAUX [Gauthreau], J. R. Pvt. Res. Assumption Par. [En. n.d.,n.p.] POW prl. Citronelle, AL, 4 May 65. [NER.] (B1:989)

GAUTREAUX [Gauthreaux, Geautrreau], Newville. Pvt. Trfr. fr Co. D, 1st Regt. Hvy. Arty., 22 May 64. WIA, [Ezra Chruch, GA], 28 Jul 64. May-Aug 64: Abs. wd., 7 Aug 64. Aug 64-Feb 65: Abs. wd. Apr 65: Abs. wd., 7 Aug 64. [NFR.] (B1:989, 995)

HEBERT, Camille Valaise. Pvt. See Company H

HEBERT, Emile L. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Tangipahoa. Pres. to Dec 62. Late Dec 62-Jun 63: Abs. Det. at Port Hudson. POW prl. Port Hudson, [?] Jul 63. Jul-Aug 63: Abs. Det. svc. at Port Hudson. Sep-Oct 63: Abs. Det. at Port Hudson, 1 May 63. Nov-Dec 63: Abs. POW. May-late Aug 64: AWOL, Trans-Mississippi Dept. Late Aug 64-late Feb 65: POW cap. in Port Hudson, Jul 62[sic]. Apr 65: Des. [NFR.] (B2:247) Same E.L.H. as Co. C, 7th Regt. Cav.?

HEBERT [Herbert], Oscar F. Pvt. Musc. Res. Thibodaux. En. 1 Aug 61, Camp Twiggs. Pres. to Feb 62. Nov-Dec 62: Pres. sick, Jackson [MS] Hosp., ret. Pres. late Dec 62-Apr 65. POW prl. Meridian, MS, 14 May 65. (B2:280)

HEBERT [Herbert], Sosthene [S.]. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Dec 63. May 64-Feb 65: Wd. 28 Jul 64. To late Apr 65: Retired, [n.d.]. POW prl. New Orleans, [?] May 65. POW delivered himself up in Assumption Par., [n.d.]. Prl. in Commsy. Office of Prisoners, New Orleans, 1 Jun 65. (B2:251, 280)

HOTARD, Amedee. Pvt.

HYMEL, Alfred. Pvt.

JOHNSON, H. Pvt.

LAMBERT, Ernest. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Tangipahoa. Pres. to Feb 62. Nov-Dec 62: Disch. Port Hudson, 24 Nov 62. [NFR.] (B2:629)

LANDRY, M. Hippolyte [Martin H.]. Pvt. 2LT. Res. Donaldsonville. Cmplx. dark. Hair dark. 5’ 11". Age 28. En. 25 May 61, Tangipahoa. Pres. to Dec 63. Pres. May-late Aug 64. POW cap. nr. Franklin, TN, 17 Dec 64. Rcd. Mil. Prison, Louisville, KY, fr Nashville, TN, 20 Dec 64. Trfr. to Johnson’s Island, OH, 22 Dec 64. Late Dec 64-late Apr 65: Abs. POW. Rel. on oath of alleg. to U.S., [Johnson’s Island?], 16 Jun 65. (B2:644)

LAPEYROUSE, Eugene. Pvt. // CSRC, Index: Eugene Laperruque.

LAPEYROUSE, Zepherin. Pvt. // CSRC, Index: Zepherin Lapeyrouze.

LE BLANC, Charles. Pvt. En. 15 Oct 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Feb 62. [NFR.] (B2:691) Same C.L. as in Lafourche Regiment Militia?

LE BLANC [Leblanc], Prosper. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Tangipahoa. Pres. to Dec 61. Regt. ret. of Dec 61: On furl. Jan-Feb 62: Pres. or abs. not stated. [NFR.] (B2:697)

LEVRON, Aurelien. Pvt.

NAQUIN, Maximilien Emertile. Pvt. Called Mertile. Born 13 Jul 1840, Lafourche Interior Parish. Son of Joseph Paul NAQUIN & Marie Adele BOUDREAUX of Lafourche Parish. Living in Thibodeaux when he enlisted in Company E (then H), 25 May 61, Camp Moore, age 19. Present to 30 Apr 65. End-of-war POW paroled Meridian, MS, 14 May 65, age 24. Married, age 26, Eveline JOLIBOIS, daughter of Barthélemy JOLIBOIS & Matilde BOURG, 16 Apr 1866, St. Philomena Catholic Church, Labadieville. // Booth, LA Confed. Soldiers, 3(1):1252: Myrtil W. NAQUIN, Myrtile M. NAQUIN. BRDR, 10:431: Mirtil NAQUIN. Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:410, 4:353: Maximilien Emertile NAQUIN, Mirthille NAQUIN. // Brother of Joseph Marcilien NAQUIN & Paul Ernest NAQUIN of Company H, 30th Regiment/Battalion Infantry; first cousin of Maximin Mertile NAQUIN of this company, & Joseph Émile NAQUIN of Company H, 30th Regiment/Battalion Infantry; nephew of Basile Francois Xavier NAQUIN of Lafourche Regiment Militia.
NAQUIN, Maximin Mertile. Pvt. Fifer. Called Mertile. Born 20 Nov 1840, Lafourche Interior Parish. Son of Maximin NAQUIN & Azelie Basilise RICHARD of Lafourche Parish. Enlisted in Company E (then H), probably 25 May 61, Camp Moore, age 19. Died of disease, Mississippi City, MS, late summer 61, age 19. Buried Thibodeaux, 7 Oct 61. Not in CSRC or Booth. // Hébert, D., South LA Records, 1:410, 4:468: Maximin Mertile NAQUIN, Myrille NAQUIN. Richey, Tirailleurs, 22, 271: Myrtis NAQUIN. // Richey, p. 22, citing a letter of Father Charles MENARD of Thibodeaux to Archbishop J. M. ODIN, 8 Oct 61, says a Myrtis NAQUIN died of disease at Mississippi City, MS, in the late summer of 1861, that his body was shipped back to Thibodaux, & that 2,000 people attended his funeral! The death/burial record in Hébert, 4:468, dated 7 Oct 61, says Myrtille NAQUIN died at age 22, but his birth/baptismal record shows that he was actually 19. // Brother of Joseph Émile NAQUIN of Company H, 30th Regiment/Battalion Infantry; first cousin of Maximilien Emertile NAQUIN of this company, & Joseph Marcilien NAQUIN & Paul Ernest NAQUIN of Company H, 30th Regiment/Battalion Infantry; nephew of Basile Francois Xavier NAQUIN of Lafourche Regiment Militia.

PERRY, W. Pvt.

PITRE, Leander D. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Feb 62. Nov-Dec 62: Abs. sick, [n.p.]. [NER.] Pres. late Dec 62-late Aug 64. Late Aug 64-late Feb 65: Abs. Cap. nr. Nashville, TN, 17 Dec 64. POW cap. nr. Franklin, TN, 17 Dec 64. Rcd. Mil. Prison, Louisville, KY, fr Nashville, TN, 2 Jan 65. Trfr. to Camp Chase, OH, 4 Jan 65. Prl. Camp Chase, [n.d.]. Fwd. to Point Lookout, MD, for exch., 17 Feb 65. Late Apr 65: Abs. POW, 8 Apr 65. POW cap. [Spanish Fort, AL?] 8 Apr 65. Rcd. Ship Island, MS, 10 Apr 65. Trfr. to Vicksburg, 1 May 65. Prl. Camp Townsend, MS, 6 May 65. (B3:155)

ROBICHAUX, Desire P. Pvt. Res. Terrebonne Par. Cmplx. fair. Hair dark. Eyes brown. 5’ 6". Age 23 [1865?]. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Dec 61. Jan-Feb 62: Pres. or abs. not stated. Nov-Dec 62: Abs. sick, [n.p.]. Pres. late Dec 62-Aug 64. Late Feb-late Apr 65: Abs. POW since 16 Dec 64. POW cap. Franklin, TN, 17 Dec 64. Rcd. Mil. Prison, Louisville, KY, fr Nashville, TN, 22 Dec 64. Fwd. to Camp Chase, OH, 4 Jan 65. Rel. on oath of alleg. to U.S., [Camp Chase?], 12 Jun 65. (B3:350)

ROBICHAUX, Theophile P. Pvt. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Dec 63. [NFR.] (B3:351)

RODDY, William. Pvt.

ROGER, Adrien. Pvt. Res. Lafourche Par. En. 25 May 61, Camp Moore. Pres. to Dec 62. Late Dec 62-Oct 63: Abs. on detl. scv., Port Hudson. Nov-Dec 63: Abs. POW. [Cap.?] May-late Aug 64: AWOL, Trans-MS Dept. Late Aug 64-late Feb 65: AWOL, date unknown. Late Apr 65: Des. POW prl. New Iberia, 11 Jun 65. (B3:370)

ROMAN, Arthur J. 1Sgt.

ROUSSEL, J. Abel. Pvt. // Same J.A.R. as in Company F(2nd), Wood's Regiment Mississippi Cavalry?

ROUSSEL, L. Amos. Pvt.

ROUSSEL, Thomas. Pvt. // CSRC, Index: Thomas Roussell.

ROUSTAN, Louis A. Sgt.

SANCHEZ, Joseph. Pvt.

SMITH, Hampton C. Pvt.

SMITH, John. Pvt.

TOUPS, Drozin. Pvt.

VICKNAIR, Francois. Pvt.

VIGNES, Joseph D. Pvt.

WALSH, John M. - Co. E, 4th Louisiana regiment, and went forward in the service of the Southern Confederacy, in the course of which he participated in many of the most sanguinary conflicts of the Civil war.  He took part in the siege of Vicksburg and of Nashville, the battle of Shiloh and
of Altoona, and a number of other notable events aggregating 32 engagements, in which he was with his command and in the thick of the fray.  At Nashville he was captured and taken to Camp Douglas, where he was confined until the close of the war.

WILTZ, Edward D. Pvt.

WHITEHEAD, N.E. -Fourth Louisiana infantry