2nd Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry (Union): Difference between revisions

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Organized at New Orleans, La., November 25, 1863, as 3rd Louisiana Infantry. Attached to Defences of New Orleans, Dept. of the Gulf. Consolidated with 1st Louisiana Cavalry September 7, 1864.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>  
Organized at New Orleans, La., November 25, 1863, as 3rd Louisiana Infantry. Attached to Defences of New Orleans, Dept. of the Gulf. Consolidated with 1st Louisiana Cavalry September 7, 1864.<ref>National Park Service, [http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/ The Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System], (accessed 6 December 2010).</ref>  


For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br>
For more information on the history of this unit, see:<br>  


*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unlacav.htm#2ndcav 2nd Regiment Cavalry], (accessed 20 April 2012).<br>
*The Civil War Archive section, [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/unlacav.htm#2ndcav 2nd Regiment Cavalry], (accessed 20 April 2012).<br>  
*The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Louisiana_Regiment_Infantry_(Union) 2nd Louisiana Regiment Infantry], (accessed 29 November 2012).
*The Wikipedia article, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd_Louisiana_Regiment_Infantry_(Union) 2nd Louisiana Regiment Infantry], (accessed 29 November 2012).


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The [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/soldiers-and-sailors-database.htm Civil War Soldiers and Sailors database] lists 1,322 men on its roster for this unit. [http://www.nps.gov/civilwar/search-soldiers.htm?submitted=1&SDunitCode=ULA0002RC Roster].


=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
=== Companies in this Regiment with the Counties of Origin  ===
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