The 21st Regiment Louisiana Militia, East Feliciana, Louisiana File prepared and submitted by Claude B. Slaton ------------------------------------------------------------------ ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** ------------------------------------------------------------------ From the newspaper "The Louisiana Floridian", published at Clinton, La., May 26, 1849, p. 2 21st Regiment Louisiana Militia This regiment has been organized under the superintendence of its active and efficient commanding officer, John Warren Cole. The following are the names of the officers and staff belonging thereto: Colonel--J. W. Cole Lt.-Col.--J. D. A. Kirkland Major--Preston Pond, Jr. Adjutant--J. B. A. Taylor Quartermaster--G. W. Reese Paymaster--Irwin Brown Surgeon--Dr. F. A. Harvey Sgt. Major--T. H. McGhee Quartermaster Sgt.--J. B. Allspaugh Company A Rufus K. Howell, Capt. Thos. J. Mattingly, 1st Lt. J. Gleason, 2nd Lt. Company B J. B. Chisholm, Capt. Wm Ranaldson, 1st Lt. Albert Neville, 2nd Lt. Company C Samuel T. Rogers, Capt. S. H. McElwee, 1st Lt. H. L. Cotton, 2nd Lt. Company D Wm Beauchamp, Capt. Geo. W. Paine, 1st Lt. Wm Bradford, 2nd Lt. Company E Francis Dutart, Capt. J. N. Noland, 1st Lt. Company F John S. Redding, Capt. William Drehr, 1st Lt. Franklin Neasom, 2nd Lt. Company G J. N. DeLee, Capt. Company H James A. Hapgood, 1st Lt. James M. Andrews, 2nd Lt. ******