10th La. Vol. Infantry "Lee's Foreign Legion" Submitted by Graham Reid. Material prepared by Tom Brooks with the help of Graham Reid and Mike Jones. ********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ********************************************** TIPS FOR SEARCHING RECORDS ON THE INTERNET Netscape & Ms Explorer users: If searching for a particular surname, locality or date while going through the records in the archives or anywhere....try these few steps: 1. Go to the top of the report you are searching. 2. Click on EDIT at the top of your screen. 3. Next click on FIND in the edit menu. 4. When the square pops up, enter what you are looking for in the FIND WHAT ___________blank. 5. Click on DIRECTION __DOWN. 6. And last click on FIND NEXT and continue to click on FIND NEXT until you reach the end of the report. This should highlight the item that you indicated in "find what" every place it appears in the report. You must continue to click on FIND NEXT till you reach the end of the report to see all of the locations of the item indicated. This Page is dedicated to Armelin Linicome, Co. 'K', 10th Louisiana, a native of that state, and ancestor of Michael Dan Jones Jerry Cronin, Co. 'E', 10th Louisiana, the only Canadian Confederate buried in Arlington National Cemetary and to those men, from 22 different Countries, who served in the ranks of Lee's Foreign Legion. Origin : The 10th Louisiana Regiment had it's start in the early spring of 1861. Louisiana had seceded from the Union and companies of militia were signing up all over the state. The man responsible for bring it into being was Colonel Antoine-Jaques-Phillipe de Mandeville de Marigny. He was a graduate of the Saumur Military College and had served as an officer with the French Cavalry. The Regiment was organized at Camp Moore, La. in July of 1861. It had a complement of 953, Officers and men, and was made up of men from Austria, Canada, Corsica, Cuba, England, France, Germany, Gibralter, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Martinique, Mexico, Norway, Portugal, Russia, Sardinia, Scotland, Sicily, Spain, Switzerland, the United Stated and 11 States of the Confederacy. They departed from Camp Moore for Richmond, Va. in late July, 1861. There, they were assigned to General John Magruder's command before Yorktown, on the Peninsula. Then followed many months of waiting and watching, along with the never-ending work details. The 10th was put to work on the fortifications being built across the Peninsula at Yorktown. It was here the Regiment suffered their first casualties, but they were from sickness and disease, not battle with the enemy. The 10th lost 34 men dead due to disease in late 1861 and early 1862. ************************ Battles : The 10th Louisiana were assigned to Brig. General Paul Semmes Brigade, in Maj. General Lafeyette McLaws Division. They were brigaded with the 5th La., 10th Georgia, 15th and 32nd Va., and the 53rd Georgia. They saw their first action in April, 1861 at Williamsburg. They next saw action at the battle at Malvern Hill, on July 1, 1862. They were led into this battle by Colonel Eugene Waggaman, who had taken over for Colonel de Marigny, who had resigned. The Regiment suffered 82 casualties in this battle--22 killed, 36 wounded and 26 captured, including Colonel Waggaman. After this battle, General Lee created a second Louisiana brigade, under Brig. General William Starke. The 10th joined this brigade, along with the 1st, 2nd, 9th and 15th Louisiana regiment and also Coppen's Louisiana Zouave Battalion. They were then sent to re-inforce General Stonewall Jackson's command. The 10th was next engaged in the battle of Cedar Mountain, where they suffered 11 casualties--4 killed, 5 wounded and 2 captured. They were now being led by Lt- Colonel William Spencer. Next would come the 2nd battle of Manassas, on Aug. 28-30, 1862. It was here that the Louisianans, running out of ammunition, resorted to throwing rocks. The battle was a costly one for the 10th. It cost them 71 casualties--18 dead, including Lt. Colonel Spencer, 50 wounded and 3 captured. The 10th was being bloodied, but there was still worse to come! Major John Leggett was promoted to Lt. Colonel and put in command of the Regiment. He would not lead it into it's next battle though, as he was away on furlough. The honor of leading the 10th at Sharpsburg (Antietam) fell to Captain Henry Monier of Co. "T". The 10th entered the Sharpsburg campaign with 218 men present for duty. They took part in Jackson's capture of Harper's Ferry and suffered no casualties in the fight there. Late on the 15th of Sept. 1862, the 10th Louisiana began their march to join up with General Lee at Sharpsburg. They arrived on Sept. 16th and were sequestered in the West Woods, near a little white church on the Hagarstown Pike. They made up the extreme left of the Confederate line. It was here, on Sept. 17th, that the Union Army of the Potomac began what became the bloodiest single day of the War. The men of Jackson's Division, including the 10th La., took part in over 3 hours of heavy fighting against the army of the Potomac's 1st Corp. in what became known as "The Cornfield". 10th Louisiana casualties in this battle were--24 killed, including the Brigade Commander, Brig. General William Starke, 11 wounded, 14 wounded and captured, and 19 captured, for a total of 68. General Lee stood his men to arms again on Sept. 18th, but, it seemed as though McLellan had had enough. The Army of Northern Virginia withdrew from Maryland on Sept. 19th, back to the friendly confines of Virginia. There then followed a re-organisation and a re-building of the army and of the 10th Louisiana. Lt. Colonel Leggett returned from furlough and assumed command of the Regiment. Command of the Brigade was given to Brig. General Francis Nicholls. Changes took place in The Army of the Potomac as well. McLellan was fired, and command given to Ambose P. Burnsides. He moved his army to Fredericksburg, Va. in December, 1862, and prepared to cross and give battle. Lee was waiting for him, and so began the slaughter at Fredericksburg. The 10th La. was held in reserve on Jackson's front during this battle, but still suffered 10 casualties-- 1 killed, 8 wounded and 1 captured. The Regiment went into winter quarters around Fredericksburg, and in late April, when the Union Army (now under the command of General Joseph Hooker) began to move west, Lee's army followed. The two armies met in battle at Chancellorsville, May 1st-3rd, 1863. It would be Lee's greatest victory, but it came at great cost. Thomas J. (Stonewall) Jackson, perhaps the greatest fighting General in either army was wounded, and would die on May 10, 1863. The cost to the 10th La. was high too. Brigade commander General Francis Nicholls, lost his left foot, Regimental commander Lt. Colonel Leggett was killed. The Regiment went into battle with 180 men and suffered 93 casualties--26 killed, 57 wounded, 4 wounded and captured, 6 captured. It was the most casualties the Regiment had suffered in one battle to date. But worse was to come! After the battle, the Army of Northern Virginia re-organized again. Lt. General Richard Ewell took over command of Jackson's Corp., Major General Edward Johnson took command of the Division in which the 2nd Louisiana Brigade served and Colonel Jesse Williams took over command of the Brigade in the absence of the wounded General Nicholls. The now Major Henry Monier was promoted to Lt. Colonel and took over command of the 10th Louisiana. Chancellorsville had been a costly victory, indeed. The Army received orders on June 5, 1863 to break camp. They were on the move again. The respite since Chancellorsville had seen the ranks of the 10th Louisiana rise to something over 250 men. The Corp (Ewell's) reached Winchester, Va. the evening of June 13th. On the 14th June, 1863, they assaulted the Federal forces there and forced them to retreat. The 10th suffered no casualties at 2nd Winchester, but they did capture about 200 prisoners and a stand of Colors. Following this battle, the Corp again marched north. On the 20th of June, they passed through Sharpsburg, Maryland, by the 24th of June, they were a couple of miles out of Chambersburg, Pa. They rested on the 25th, resumed the march on the 26th and evening of the 27th found them 4 miles south of Carlisle, Pa. By the 30th of June, they were in Scotland, Pa., where word reached them of a big fight brewing in a little town called "Gettysburg". They departed for there in haste on the morning of July 1st, 1863. By the time they reached Gettysburg, the first days battle was over. They were put into the line in front of a rise known as Culp's Hill. The battle here on July 2nd and 3rd would cost the 10th Louisiana more casualties then any other battle they engaged in- past or future. Of the 250 men in the Regiment, 149 were casualties--24 dead, 27 wounded, 47 wounded and captured, of whom 8 would die in Federal hospitals, and 51 captured. After Gettysburg, Brig. General Leroy Stafford was given command of the 2nd Louisiana Brigade. Within 7 months, he would be dead and the 2nd Louisiana Brigade, along with the 10th Louisiana Regiment would be all but destroyed. In November of 1863, the brigade fought in a little known battle at Payne's Farm in Va. Here, the 10th La. suffered 25 casualties--6 killed and 19 wounded. After this, they would spend a relatively quiet winter. The Campaign year about to begin in 1864 would be the most grueling year of the war yet. President Lincoln had installed a new commander in the Army of the Potomac. His name was Ulysses S. Grant. Grant had made a name for himself in the Western theatre and now he was in the east to take on "Bobby" Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. His opening move would be in the Wilderness. This battle, fought on May 5th-6th, 1864, caused almost 21,000 casualties , both sides. Brig. General Stafford, commanding the 2nd Louisiana Brigade was among those killed. The 10th La. suffered 28 casualties in the battle--3 killed, 15 wounded, and 10 captured. Grant pushed on south and Lee just barely beat him to a road junction at Spotsylvania Court House. Here, on May 9th, the Union lost General John Sedgewick, commander of the 6th Corp. On May 10th, Grant launched an attack against the salient at Spotsylvania that was thrown back. Grant was determined to try again, only at the very apex of the salient. After May 12th, this "apex" would be forever more known as "the bloody angle". The two Louisiana brigades had been so decimated by the fighting in the Wilderness that they had been combined to form one brigade of ten regiments, including the 10th La. These ten regiments of Louisiana Infantry occupied the apex. They were all but destroyed. In the aftermath of the disaster, the 10th Louisiana could barely muster one company. They suffered 79 casualties--3 killed, 8 wounded, 4 wounded and captured and 64 captured. The next action for the 10th La. saw then doing heavy skirmishing work at Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864. Here, they had 4 casualties-- 3 wounded and 1 captured. In mid-June, the 2nd Corp., now under the command of Lt. General Jubal Early, was sent to the Shenandoah Valley. The 10th went with him. From mid-June until November, they took part in such various skirmishes and battles as Monocacy Creek, July 9, 1864, 3rd Winchester, Sept. 19, 1864, Fisher's Hill, Sept. 22, 1864 and Cedar Creek, Oct. 19, 1864. Their total casualties during this time were 51--6 killed, 3 wounded and captured, 13 wounded, and 29 captured. They left the Valley on Nov. 8th and went into winter quarters at Hatcher's Run on Dec. 13, 1864. On Feb. 18, 1865, Lt. Colonel Eugene Waggaman, he who was captured at Malvern Hill, took over command of all Louisiana troops left in Virginia. In the spring campaign of 1865, the 10th lost 29 men--2 killed, 4 wounded, and 23 captured. The last man killed in the 10th La. was Major Thomas Powell. He was killed in the trenches in Petersburg on Sunday, April 2, 1865. As the first battle casualty of the 10th Louisiana was an officer, Lt. Alfred Scanlon, killed April 6, 1862, in the fortifications before Yorktown, so was the last battle casualty an officer. In the early hours of April 3rd, the army pulled out of the trenches in Petersburg and headed west. With them was the remnants of the 10th La. They were involved in skirmishing and rear-action fights with the pursuing Union forces. On the evening of April 7th, the Louisianans reached Appomattox Court House, formed line of battle and waited. On April 8th, Generals Grant and Lee opened negotiations. On the 10th, they met face to face and the surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia was negotiated. Four years of war, death and destruction was finally finished. At the official surrender of the Southern forces, the 10th Louisiana mustered 18 men. A far cry from the 953 that had left Louisiana in July of 1861. 10th Louisiana Officer Corp FIELD & STAFF Colonel A.J.P. de Mandeville de Marigny Lieutenant Colonel Jules Charles Denis Lieutenant Colonel John M. Leggett Lieutenant Colonel Henry D. Monier Lieutenant Colonel William H. Spencer Lieutenant Colonel Eugene Waggaman Major Thomas Powell Major Felix De la Greze Dumonteil Lieutenant & Adjutant Paul Forstall Lieutenant & Adjutant Henry Puissan Ensign Thomas G. Boykin Quartermaster Frank Rawle Quartermaster Seraphin S. Rivas Acting Quartermaster Emile Lasere Chaplain Louis-Hippolyte Gache Surgeon Frank L. Taney Assistant Surgeon Henry Shiff COMPANY ' A ' Lieutenant Patrick Barron Lieutenant Michael Carroll Captain Jacob Cohen (Jewish) Lieutenant MorrisGrenwall (Grunswald) Captain Isaac Lyons (Jewish) Lieutenant Daniel Mahoney Captain Alfred Philips COMPANY 'B ' Captain Lea F. Bakewell Lieutenant Robert Bracken Captain James Buckner Lieutenant Horatio Eustis Lieutenant Ernest T. Fellows Captain Edward W. Huntington Captain Charles Knowlton Captain Henry C. Marks (Jewish) Lieutenant Thomas Wooledge COMPANY 'C' Lieutenant Thomas G. Bland Lieutenant Lewis L. Conrad Lieutenant Louis F. Garic Captain Richard M. Hewitt Lieutenant Eugene Janin Captain James Scott Lieutenant Patrick Woods COMPANY 'D' Lieutenant William Hawkins Lieutenant Samuel H. May Lieutenant A.H. Mez Captain Emest Webre Captain J.H. Williams COMPANY 'E ' Lieutenant Charles A. Chisholm Captain Sainville Cucullu Captain David M. Diekey Lieutenant Albert Fabre Captain Samuel H. Faulkner Lieutenant Phillip M. Merrill COMPANY 'F' Lieutenant Ernest J. Cucullu Lieutenant Paul L. Gusman Lieutenant Ernest Miltenberger Captain Albert F. Pagnier Lieutenant Alfred Scanlon Lieutenant Gustave Taney COMPANY 'G ' Captain Michael A. Becnel Lieutenant James Bowman Lieutenant H.A. Chatburn Lieutenant Charles A. Cooper Captain Edward Crevon Captain Arthur M. Guerin Lieutenant Severin Herrero Lieutenant Louis H. Kendall Captain Charles B. Marmillinn Captain Francis Meteye Lieutenant Thomas Louis Mills Lieutenant John P. Montamat Lieutenant Arthur Raymond Lieutenant Alphonse Revoile COMPANY 'H' Captain Adam Alexander Captain William B. Barnett Lieutenant Emile Bozonier Lieutenant Richard Claque Captain Leon Jastremski Lieutenant Charles Roussel COMPANY 'I' Lieutenant Alphonse Cannoge Captain Alphonse Jonte Captain Pierre Le. Claire Lieutenant George Sauve COMPANY 'K' Lieutenant Victor Lobit Captain Auguste Perrodin Lieutenant Louis Prud'homme Lieutenant Michael S. Prud'homme Lieutenant Octave Prud'homme Lieutenant Isaac Ryan Lieutenant Edward A. Seton