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Re: Rev. James B. Sheeran's Journal Location?

It might be the document held at the U. S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle Barracks, Pa. See their unit bibliography.

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14th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

Bergeron, Arthur W., Jr. Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units, 1861-1865. Baton Rouge:
LSU, 1989. E565.4B47.
See pp. 106 09 (2 photocopied pages) for a brief unit history and roster of officers.

Booth, Andrew B. Records of Louisiana Confederate Soldiers and Louisiana Confederate Commands.
3 vols. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 1984. E565.3L872.
Alphabetized list of Louisiana's soldiers, which includes a brief summary of each man's service.

Confederate Military History, Extended Edition. Vol. 13: Louisiana. Wilmington, NC: Broadfoot,
1988. 631 p. E484C65.1987v13.
Contains numerous, scattered references to Louisiana units.

Crute, Joseph H., Jr. Units of the Confederate States Army. Midlothian, VA: Derwent Books, 1987.
E546C78.
See p. 150 (1 photocopied page) for a concise summary of the regiment's service.

Durkin, Joseph T., ed. Confederate Chaplin, a War Journal. [James B. Sheeran] Milwaukee, WI:
Bruce Pub Co, 1960. 168 p. E635S5.

Hewitt, Lawrence. "A Confederate Foreign Legion: Louisiana 'Wildcats' in the Army of Northern
Virginia." Journal of Confederate History 6: pp. 53 75 (12 photocopied pages). E487J77v6.
Based upon memoir of William P. Snakenburg, Co K.

_____. “Confederate Foreign Legion: Louisiana ‘Wildcats’ in the Army of Northern Virginia.” In
Louisianans in the Civil War. Columbia, MO: U MO, 2002. pp. 120-11 photocopied pages) 72-86. E565L68.
Essentially same as above.

Jones, Terry L. 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.

Leech, John W.T. "Battle of Frazier's Farm, June 29th, 1862, the Part Taken Therein by Louisiana
Troops..." Southern Historical Society Papers (1893): 160 165 (3 photocopied pages). E483.7S76v21.

Sifakis, Stewart. Compendium of the Confederate Armies: Louisiana. NY: Facts on File, 1995.
pp. 96-98 (3 photocopied pages). E565S53.

14th Louisiana Infantry (p.2)

The following pertinent personal papers are in the Institute's Manuscript Archive:

Sheeran, James CWMiscColl
Zable, David (Memoirs) BrakeColl

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