Confederate Regiments & Batteries * Louisiana
1861
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June 11 | Organized with eight companies under Lieutenant Colonel Charles M. Bradford and Major Edmund Pendleton. |
Sent to Virginia and assigned to J.R. Anderson’s Brigade. | |
1862
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June 5 | Lt. Colonel Bradford resigned after being court martialed for disrespect to a superior. Major Pendleton was promoted to lieutenant colonel and Captain Robert A. Wilkinson of Company B was promoted to major. |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven Days BattlesLieutenant Colonel Edmund Pendleton was captured. |
July | Merged with the 7th Louisiana Battalion to form the 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. Lieutenant Colonel Pendleton would be colonel and Major Wikinson lieutenant colonel of the new regiment. |