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Re: 1st Louisiana Infantry(Nelligan's)

James Nelligan was the last colonel of the 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment. When the War Department was compiling Confederate service records, they designed this unit as Nelligan's to differentiate it from the 1st Louisiana Regulars Infantry Regiment, which they called Strawbridge's for its last colonel, James Strawbridge. This is but one example of designating units that shared the same number.

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