Months after Brig. Gen. John D. Stevenson took a division on a short but grueling expedition into Monroe, Louisiana, Maj. John G. Davis of the 1st Mississippi Heavy Artillery, African Descent (the same regiment known as the 9th Louisiana Infantry, more »
When the Rebels flanked the Union line on the Federals’ far left, and the 9th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent, peeled back, it began a cascading effect all along the Federal defenses. All other Union positions suddenly became unsustainable. The 1st more »
In the early morning darkness of June 6, 1863, around 2a.m., Col. Hermann Lieb took his regiment of new recruits out for a reconnaissance toward the railroad depot, near Tallulah and Richmond, Louisiana. Two companies of the irritable 10th Illinois Cavalry were more »
On April 14, 1863, Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas announced his appointments for officers for the 9th Louisiana Infantry, African Descent. Despite its name, this was a Union regiment. Officered by whites, the enlisted men would be black, and recruited a more »