Confederate Regiments & BatteriesLouisiana


1861
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
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 Battles

Lieutenant 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.