Military Records

To the left you will find links to the Civil War rosters I have on the site.

If you have ancestors in your county that served in regiments other than your Regiments, please let me know. I will place their names on the Misc. Regiments page with your email address attached.

If you have information on a specific soldier: his picture, biographical information, pension records, etc., you may send that to me and I will add a new page for your "Soldier ." The soldier must have been a part of an Historical War prior to 1920 and MUST have a connection to your County.

War of 1812
In late 1814, Louisiana residents realized the imminent threat of a British invasion along their southern shore. Louisiana Governor W. C. C. Claiborne issued a general militia order on 17 December 1814, authorizing the drafting of a militia. Unaware that General Andrew Jackson had defeated the British at the Battle of New Orleans on 7 & 8 January 1815, Ouachita Parish resident William Wood pressed many Ouachita Parish residents into service on 10 January 1815 at Fort Miro (later Monroe). Wood became the captain of the unit, which was dispatched to Baton Rouge. There it became a detachment of the Nineteenth Louisiana Infantry commanded by General Philimon Thomas. They were stationed around Baton Rouge for a time and then sent for lake patrol near New Orleans before being mustered out of service in April 1815.

Early Union Parish resident Mills Farmer served as the sergeant of this unit. He was either the son-in-law or brother-in-law of Captain Wood. John Wood served as the 2nd lieutenant of this unit. Another man who later lived in Union Parish, Abraham Pipes, also served in Captain Wood's company, as did John and James Grisham. Although the Grishams lived in the Pine Hills along Bayou D'Arbonne, their home was in northern Ouachita Parish rather than Union.