Military: Co. G - 8th Louisiana Infantry—“The Minden Blues,” Claiborne & Webster Parish
Submitted for the LAGenWeb Archives by: N. Wayne Cosby
P. O. Box 372
Watson, LA 70786
Date: August 2000
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Sources: Compiled Service Records - 8th Louisiana Infantry, Louisiana State Archives;
Record Rolls of 8th Louisiana Infantry - LHA Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
Company G - 8th Louisiana Infantry
The Minden Blues - Claiborne Parish
John Langdon Lewis - Captain
Benjamin F. Sims - 1st Lieutenant
Thomas Brooks Tompkins - 2nd Lieutenant
William C. Rockwell - Jr. 2nd Lieutenant
John H. Webb - 1st Sergeant
Elisha Ferdinand Simmons - 2nd Sgt.
Turner H. Moreland - 3rd Sergeant
George W. Daffin - 4th Sergeant
James Phillips - 1st Corporal
Marshall F. Montgomery - 2nd Cpl.
James P. McKee - 3rd Corporal
John Rawls - 4th Corporal
Privates:
Allums, Asa
Aubry, William
Bailey, Edward C. – KIA Second Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Bailey, John W. –-- KIA Second Battle of Fredericksburg
Bailey, William Hopkins – Wounded in chest and head at Gaines Mill
Ballard, W. S.
Barksdale, Nathaniel
Beach, Miles
Beck, George W. "Dallas"
Bell, Benjamin M.
Berry, Thomas
Boone, Augustus A.
Boyett, William H.
Boykin, John W.
Brown, Benjamin F.
Burnett, Covington H.
Burnett, William T.
Burnham, William A.
Burson, Ephraim Lafayette
Butler, Columbus Napoleon
Buys, Joseph Griffin
Camp, George T.
Canfield, Francis Marion
Collins, George W.
Collins, James H.
Collins, Joseph C.
Cox, Moses S.
Crawford, William A.
Crichton, George T.
Crichton, John "Jack"
Crichton, William
Davis, William Jefferson
Dawson, Thomas C.
Doyle, James
Fincher, Joseph Madison
Garrison, William O.
Gentry, W. Russell
Geren, John F.
Geren, Richard M.
Geren, William S.
Gillcoat, Willis G.
Godley, Jesse Caesar
Goronto, William P.
Grounds, Jacob
Grounds, John
Grounds, Joshua
Gryder, James A.
Hadley, David Monroe
Hamilton, Evarard Jackson
Hardy, Jesse F.
Hardy, William
Harvey, John Willis
Helms, Aaron
Holly, W. J.
Howell, Green S.
Hutchins, James L.
Judge, Thomas
Kemp, Stephen
Keogh, Miles F.
Kimball, Christopher J.
Kimball, George W.
King, Thomas F.
Kingrey, Abraham J.
Lancaster, John M.
Leary, John Crawford
Lewis, Americus Lovic
Lewis, James Phillip
Lewis, Simon
Lewis, William S.
Littleton, A. P.
Loftin, Joel G.
Logan, C.
Long, Robert Adams
Lunsford, Willis B.
Lyons, John C.
Malone, Francis M.
Markham, Isaac W.
Martin, James Richard
Martin, William J.
Mason, John F.
McCoy, Henry P.
McFarland, Walton Belmore
McIntyre, John Duncan
McKay, Patrick
McKinney, Absalom S.
McNamee, William J.
McNeal, William
Mellon, H. B.
Miller, George W.
Miller, Isaiah
Minchew, Phillip Lafayette
Monds, A. E.
Monds, James C.
Montgomery, Edward A.
Montgomery, Russell
Monzingo, Henry W.
Monzingo, John A.
Morris, Jesse T.
Morris, Thomas Janson
Morris, William Jason
Morrow, Edward Gillam
Morrow, Thomas E.
Morrow, William C.
Morrow, Wilson, B.
Mull, J. R.
Murphy, Patrick
Murrell, Edmond
Murrell, John P.
Murrell, Perry J.
Murrell, Simeon
Neal, Thomas B.
Neeley, Thomas
Nickerson, James W.
Nolan, James
Nottingham, Leonard
Nunn, Augustus N.
O'Callihan, Harry S.
O'Neal, Stephen P.
O'Neal, Sylvester B.
O'Neal, Tyra Monroe
Pinkard, James J.
Pinkard, John M.
Pratt, Clarence B.
Pratt, Edward E.
Quaite, Joseph M.
Rawls, Benjamin Franklin
Rawls, John
Rawls, William T. E.
Roberts, Marion
Rodrigues, Raymond
Sandlin, Nicholas J.
Scott, James Walter
Scott, Robert M.
Sears, Richard
Seegar, James Jasper
Shaw, James P.
Shaw, Samuel James
Simmons, John Lowery
Simmons, W. Albert
Smith, George W.
Smith, John Thomas
Smith, Robert Augustus
Steele, Louis F.
Stimpson, Edgar S.
Strickland, Ezekiel
Strickland, Moses P.
Strickland, Solomon
Swearingen, Thomas
Talton, Henry White
Teutsch, Jacob
Thomas, Ephraim Madison D.
Thompson, Asa V. Y.
Thompson, E. Jeff
Tooley, Thomas F.
Trammell, Thomas
Vick, James H. W.
Walker, Green Wesley
Walker, Isaac C.
Walker, James M.
Walker, Newton H.
Watkins, Lynn Boyd
Webb, Samuel Young
West, Richard M.
Wicks, James
Williams, Charles Francis
Williams, John Simeon
Winer, Thomas
Witherspoon, Hezekiah F.
Wren, George Lovic Pierce
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8TH LOUISIANA
Army of Northern Virginia
Regimental History
1861 - 1865
Researched by N. Wayne Cosby
The 8th Louisiana Regiment was organized June 15, 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana with 889 men. Companies of the regiment included; Company A (Creole Guards) of East Baton Rouge Parish, Company B (Bienville Rifles) of Orleans Parish, Company C (Attakapas Guards) of St. Martin Parish, Company D (Sumter Guards) of Orleans Parish, Company E (Franklin Sharpshooters) of Franklin Parish, Company F (Opelousas Guards) of St. Landry Parish, Company G (Minden Blues) of Claiborne Parish, Company H (Cheneyville Rifles) of Rapides Parish, Company I (Rapides Invincibles) of Rapides Parish and Company K (Phoenix Company) of Ascension Parish.
Of the 1,321 men enrolled in the regiment during the war, 252 were killed, 171 died if disease, 2 murdered, 1 died in an accident, and about 80 deserted.
1861 June 15; Organized at Camp Moore, Louisiana. July 17; Arrived in Manassas. July 21; Reserve Guard at Manassas. ~ Became part of 1st Louisiana Brigade. Wintered in northern Virginia and in the spring joined General Stonewall Jackson's army in the Shenandoah Valley.
1862 May 23; Participated in the capture of Front Royal. May 25; Winchester. May 30; Part of the regiment captured at Front Royal. June 8; Limited action at Cross Keys. June 9; Port Republic. June 27; Gaines' Mill. July 1; Malvern Hill. August 27-28; Skirmish at Bristoe Station and Kettle Run. August 29; Drove back Federal attack at 2nd Manassas. September 1; Chantilly. September 17; 103 killed or wounded at Sharpsburg. December 13; In reserve at Fredericksburg.
1863 May 3-4; Marye's Heights and Salem Church. June 13-14; In reserve at Winchester. July 1; Helped route part of the Federal army near Gettysburg. July 2; Lost flag in attack on Cemetery Hill. October 9-22; Bristoe Station Campaign. November 7; 162 captured at Rappahannock Station.
1864 May 5; Battle of the Wilderness. May 12; Helped stop Federal attack that overran most of the entrenchments known as the Mule Shoe. June 1-3; Cold Harbor. July 9; Monocacy. July 24; Winchester. August 25; Shepherdstown. September 19; Winchester. September 21-22; Fisher's Hill. October 19; Cedar Creek. December; Returned to Petersburg.
1865 February-March; Petersburg. April 9; 3 Officers and 54 enlisted men surrendered at Appomattox.