2nd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry

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notable_commanders=Nathan W. DanielsThe 2nd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War. [cite book | last = Dyer | first = Frederick Henry | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories | publisher = T. Yoseloff | date = 1908 | location = New York | pages = | url = http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0146%3Achapter%3D16%3Aregiment%3Dreg154 | doi = | id = | isbn = ]

Native Guard

The Regiment was organized in New Orleans, Louisiana in October, 1862, and assigned to the defenses of New Orleans to December, 1862. It operated in Louisiana until January 1863 when the it was sent to Ship Island, Mississippi.

Corps de Afrique

The designation of the Regiment was changed to 2nd Regiment, Corps de Afrique on June 6, 1863. [Dyer [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0146%3Achapter%3D48%3Aregiment%3DCDA2] ]

United States Colored Troops

The Regiment designation was changed to 74th United States Colored Troops on April 4, 1864. [Dyer [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text.jsp?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A2001.05.0146%3Achapter%3D49%3Aregiment%3DUSC74] ] The Regiment remained on garrison at Ship Island and mustered out on October 11, 1865.

References

Bibliography

*cite book |author=Weaver, C. P.; Daniels, Nathan W. |title=Thank God my regiment an African one: the Civil War diary of Colonel Nathan W. Daniels |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |location=Baton Rouge |year=1998 |pages= |isbn=0-8071-2242-4 |oclc= |doi= |accessdate=
*cite book | last = Bearss | first = Edwin C. | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Historic Resource Study Ship Island Harrison County, Mississippi Gulf Islands National Seashore Florida/ Mississippi | publisher = United States Department of The Interior, National Park Service | date = 1984 | location = Denver Service Center | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =

External links

* [http://www.civilwararchive.com/Unreghst/deafriq.htm Union Regimental Histories – Corps De Afrique]
* [http://www.nps.gov/archive/guis/extended/MIS/MHistory/NatvGrd.htm Louisiana Native Guards on Ship Island 1863-1870]