There are 1492 soldiers who served at various times listed in the records of the 8th Louisiana
8th Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
8th Infantry Regiment completed its organization at Camp Moore, Louisiana, in June, 1861. Its members were from the parishes of East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Bienville, St. Martin, St. Mary, St. Landry, Webster, Rapides, and Plaquemines. Sent to Virginia, six companies (508 men) were held in reserve during the Battle of First Manassas, then the regiment moved to Winchester. During the war it was brigaded under Generals R. Taylor, Hays, and York. It fought in Jackson's Valley Campaign and on many battlefields of the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days' Battles to Cold Harbor. The 8th went on to participate in Early's operations in the Shenandoah Valley, then shared in various conflicts around Appomattox. It reported 9 killed and 37 wounded at Cross Keys and Port Republic, had 15 killed and 69 wounded during the Seven Days' Battles, and sustaining 91 casualties in the Maryland Campaign. The unit lost 12 killed and 71 wounded at Chancellorsville and twenty-five percent of the 296 engaged at Gettysburg. It had 162 captured at Rappahannock Station. Only 3 officers and 54 men surrendered. Its commanders were Colonels Alcibiades DeBlanc, Henry B. Kelly, and Trevanion D. Lewis; Lieutenant Colonels Germain A. Lester and Francis T. Nicholls; and Major John B. Prados.
Fought at Winchester, Port Republic, Gaines Mill, Malvern Hill, Sharpsburg, Chancellorsville,Gettysburg, Rappahannock County, Rappahonck Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Spotsylvania CH, Richmond, Monocacy, MD, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Strasburg, andHatcher's Run
The US Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. lists the following documents in their unit bibliography of the 8th Louisiana as well as personal papers of one member:
Jones, Terry L. "Going Back Into the Union at Last: A Louisiana Tiger's Account of the Gettysburg Campaign." [J. Warren Jackson] CW Times Illus (Jan/Feb 1991): pp. 12, 55 58 & 60 (6 photocopied pages).
_____. Lee's Tigers; The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia. Baton Rouge: LSU, 1987. 274 p. E565.4J66. Contains information on the unit.
_____. “Twice Lost: The 8th Louisiana Volunteers’ Battle Flag at Gettysburg.” CW Regts Vol. 6, No. 3: pp. 89-105 (9 photocopied pages).
The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:
Fremaux, Leon Joseph CWMiscColl [Captain, Company A]
See also: http://home.earthlink.net/~sdriskell/8th/8throster