Short History of the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, C.S.A. 
Submitted by Thomas Cardwell

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In June, 1861, Colonel John Sims Scott, native son of East
Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, serving as a Scout for the
Confederate
Army in Virginia, was ordered to return to Louisiana and raise a
regiment of cavalry. Col. Scott immediately returned to
Louisiana and began his recruiting in Baton Rouge, La. 

The organizational date for the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment
was September 11, 1861, in Baton Rouge, La. The Regiment
consisted of 10 companies. The 10 companies were reported to
Baton Rouge, La. On October 4, 1861 and were enlisted in
Confederate service. The newly organized companies were sent to
various camps throughout the state for drill and training. The
regiment was again mustered at Baton Rouge Barracks on October
31, 1861. The total strength of the regiment was about 900
officers and enlisted men. Attached to the regiment were the
Regimental Battery Howitzer Battery or sometimes referred to as
the Louisiana Horse or Mountain Artillery. (In the summer of
1863, former members of Wheat's Louisiana Tiger Battalion were
added to the battery to make it a full company). 

Colonel Scott's 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was one of the
most heavily endowed regiments, receiving some $500,000.00,
largely from Louisiana planters, as many of the troopers of the
Regiment were sons of planters or their relatives. 

The 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was ordered to Headquarters,
Western Department, C.S.A. on November 6, 1861. The
Regiment traveled by steamboat from Baton Rouge, La. To Memphis,
Tenn., then by railroad to Nashville, Tenn. The
Regiment then marched to Bowling Green, Kentucky, reporting to
General Albert Sidney Johnston, Commander of the
Western Department. 

The 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was outside the state of
Louisiana from November, 1861 until April, 1864, participating in
more than 75 engagements during this period. Some of the more
notable ones are Nashville, Elk River, Richmond, Ky.,
Munfordville, Stone's River, Murfreesborough, Chickamauga,
Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Knoxville, Big Hill,
Ky.,Perryville, Ky., and Danville, Ky., where the battle flag of
the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was raised over the town
after its capture. 

After April, 1864 the Regiment was ordered back to Louisiana and
continued to fight in the eastern Louisiana and western
Mississippi area. 

Assignments to higher command were as follows: 

Dept. #1 (Sept.-Oct., 1861) 

Unattached, Buckner's Division, Central Army of Ky., Dept. #2
(Jan.-Feb., 1862) 

Bowen's Bde, Pillow's Division, Central Army of Ky., Dept. #2
(Feb.-Mar., 1862) 

Cavalry, Army of the Mississippi, Dept. #2 (Mar.-June, 1862) 

Forrest's Cavalry Bde., Army of the Mississippi, Dept. #2
(June-July, 1862) 

Forrest's Cavalry Bde., Heth's Division, Dept. Of E. Tennessee
(July, 1862) 

Unattached, Heth's Division, Dept. Of E. Tennessee (July, 1862) 

Scott's Cavalry Bde, Army of Kentucky, Dept. #2 (Aug.-Oct., 1862) 

Scott's Cavalry Bde., Dept. Of E. Tennessee (Oct.-Nov., 1862) 

Pegram's Bde., Wheeler's Cavalry Division, Army of Tennessee
(Nov, 1862-Jan. 1863) 

Pegram's Cavalry Bde., Dept. of E. Tennessee (Jan.-Apr., 1863) 

Scott's Cavalry Bde, Army of Tennessee (July-Aug., 1863) 

Scott's Bde., Pegram's Division, Forrest's Cavalry Corps, Army of
Tenn. (Sept.-Oct., 1863) 

General Headquarters, Army of Tennessee (Nov., 1863-Jan., 1864) 

Unattached, Army of Tennessee (Jan., -Mar., 1864) 

District of S. Mississippi and E. Louisiana, dept. Of Ala.,
Miss., and E. La. (Apr.-June, 1864) 

Scott's Cavalry Bde, W. Adam's Cavalry Division, Dept. Of Ala.,
Miss, and E. La. 

(June-Aug, 1864) 

Scott's Cavalry Bde, District South of Homochitto, Dept. Of Ala.,
Miss., and E. La. 

(Aug.-Oct., 1864) 

Sub-District of SW Miss. and E. La., Dept. of Ala, Miss., and E.
La. (Nov.-Dec., 1864) 

Scott's Cavalry Bde., Northern Sub-District of Miss., Dept. Of
Ala., Miss., and E. La. 

(Dec. 1864-Feb., 1865) 

Scott's Cavalry Bde., District of N. Miss. And W. Tenn., Dept. Of
Ala., Miss., and 

E. La. (Feb.-May, 1865) 

Lt. General Richard Taylor, CSA surrendered his Army, which
included the 1st Louisiana Cavalry Regiment, to Major General
E.R.S. Canby, USA, near Citronelle, Alabama on May 5, 1865. Final
parole was at Gainesville, Alabama on May 12, 1865.