8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate)
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The 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Formed in June 1861, the regiment was sent to fight in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Joining a brigade of Louisiana regiments, it fought in Jackson's Valley campaign and at Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg in 1862. The regiment served at Chancellorsville, Second Winchester, Gettysburg in 1863. At Rappahannock Station in November 1863, most of the regiment was captured. The unit fought at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the Valley campaigns of 1864. It served at Petersburg starting in December 1864 and surrendered at Appomattox in April 1865.
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8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate)
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8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate)
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, Louisiana
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*American Civil War
**Battle of Front Royal
**First Battle of Winchester
**Battle of Cross Keys
**Battle of Port Republic
**Battle of Gaines' Mill
**Battle of Malvern Hill
**Second Battle of Bull Run
**Battle of Chantilly
**Battle of Antietam
**Battle of Fredericksburg
**Battle of Chancellorsville
**Second Battle of Winchester
**Battle of Gettysburg
**Second Battle of Rappahannock Station
**Battle of the Wilderness
**Battle of Spotsylvania
**Battle of Cold Harbor
**Battle of Monocacy
**Second Battle of Kernstown
**Third Battle of Winchester
**Battle of Fisher's Hill
**Battle of Cedar Creek
**Siege of Petersburg
**Battle of Appomattox
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Lieutenant Colonel Francis T. Nicholls of the 8th Louisiana was later promoted brigadier general.
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--06-15
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Trevanian D. Lewis
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Regiment
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Louisiana Infantry Regiments
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The 8th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Formed in June 1861, the regiment was sent to fight in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Joining a brigade of Louisiana regiments, it fought in Jackson's Valley campaign and at Gaines' Mill, Malvern Hill, Second Bull Run, Antietam, and Fredericksburg in 1862. The regiment served at Chancellorsville, Second Winchester, Gettysburg in 1863. At Rappahannock Station in November 1863, most of the regiment was captured. The unit fought at the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and the Valley campaigns of 1864. It served at Petersburg starting in December 1864 and surrendered at Appomattox in April 1865.
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1865
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1861
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Regiment (889 men, June 1861)
