CONFEDERATE FIFTH LOUISIANA INFANTRY

MAY 1861-FEBRUARY 1865.

From Mississippi State Archives

 

FIELD AND STAFF

Henry Forno, Col.

Theodore Gaillard Hunt, Col.

William T. Dean, Lt. Col.

Bruce Menger, Lt. Col.

Alexander Hart, Maj.

B. Morris, Adj.

Robert J. Wingate, Adj.

John T. Brach, 2nd. Lt.

David C (illegible), A.Q.M.

George W. Wang, A.Q.M.

Edwin Carter,(illegible)

Hugh Martin, Asst. Surg.

H. G. (illegible), Surg.

G. W. Graves, Surg.

William M. (illegible)

J. M. (illegible)

William (illegible)

James H. Read, Chap.

R. H. Reed, Chap.

L. H. Baldwin, Chap.

Richard (illegible), Act. Adj.

Samuel A. Raborg, (illegible)

 

Officers of Company A

William T. Dean, Capt., promoted to Maj.

Patrick Carey, 1st. Lt., dropped February 1861

Charles R. Fagot, 2nd. Lt., r. February 15, 1861

Harry Landley Shaw, dropped

Samuel Myers, 1st Lt., r. April 19, 1861

Samuel A. Kirk, Capt., dropped

John A. Diamond, Capt.

Denis McNamara, 2nd Lt.

John D. Caulfield, 2nd Lt.

John Ryan, 1st Lt.

Formerly Louisiana Greys.

 

Officers of Company A (Crescent City Guards, Louisiana Militia)

John A. Hall, Capt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. December 21, 1861

Robert J. Wingate, 1st Lt., Louisiana Militia; 1st Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry; promoted to Capt., Garnett's staff

Charles N. Frost

W. W. Marsh, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 1st Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, killed September 1, 1862

Loring Sawyer, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Miltia; 2nd Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry

John G. Angell, Capt.

Charles G Walker, 1st Lt.

Thomas C. Campbell, 2nd Lt.

Albert Richardson, 2nd Lt.

 

Officers of Company B

A. E. Shaw, Capt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. August 23, 1861

Joseph P. Horner, 1st Lt., Louisiana Militia, r. February 15, 1861

Alex Riouffe, 1st Lt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. August 4, 1862

G. W. Mader, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia

John McGurk, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry

David Snider, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia

John Reilly, 1st Lt., died January 26, 1863

P. H. Grady, 2nd Lt., killed June 29, 1862

William H. Pindell, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 2nd Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry

James H. Swett, 1st Lt., dropped April 1, 1863

Hiram Baxter, 1st Lt.

Robert Gerald, 2nd Lt., killed April 17, 1862

F. Joseph Wehner, 2nd Lt.

W. J. Curry, 2nd Lt.

Formerly Chalmette Rifle Guards, Louisiana Militia.

 

Officers of Company C

Mark L. Moore, Capt., Louisisana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisisana Infantry, died December 14, 1861

James M. Coffery, 1st Lt., Louisisana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, dropped April 1, 1863

Phillip J. Rabaneau, Capt., died January 31, 1864

Thomas Williams, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 1st Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry

James C. Wilson, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 2nd Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. February 26, 1862

John A. Russell, Capt., r. January 19, 1865

Formerly Bienville Guards, Louisiana Militia.

 

Officers of Company D

R. T. Gibbs, 1st Lt., De Soto Rifles

J. B. Furman, 2nd Lt., De Soto Rifles

William S. E. Sevey, 2nd Lt., De Soto Rifles; 2nd Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. October 3, 1861

William B. Koontz, Capt., De Soto Rifles; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry

George Seymour, 1st Lt., De Soto Rifles; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. October 4, 1862

Alfred H. Jones, 2nd Lt., De Soto Rifles; 1st Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, died December 24, 1861

Frank L. Moore, Capt

Adolph Steinwachs, 1st Lt., dropped April 1, 1863

James T. Bruton, 2nd Lt.

Samuel Harrison, 1st Lt

Alexander Mason, 2nd Lt.

Formerly De Soto Rifles, Louisiana Militia.

 

Officers of Company E

Charles A. Hobday, Capt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana, r. August 5, 1861

Alexander Hart, 1st Lt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry

Joseph B. Norris, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 2nd Lt., Fifth Louisisana Infantry

John T. Brach, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 2nd Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry

Leonce P. Guyol, Capt., r. March 25, 1863

A. J. Houston, 2nd Lt., r. May 30, 1862

James Garritty, Capt

Richard D. Swain, 1st Lt.

Arthur Byrde, 2nd. Lt.

Lewis S. Lipenhan, 1st Lt.

George McCaughan, 2nd Lt., r. November 19, 1861

Formerly Cadets, Louisiana Militia

 

Officers of Company F

Ossian F. Peck, Capt., Louisiana Infantry, r. June 28, 1862

Frederick Richardson. 1st Lt., Louisiana; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, killed July 1, 1863

Nicholas A. Canfield, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 1st Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, killed September 17, 1862

Daniel M. Long, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 2nd Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. June 12, 1862

James Gubbins, Capt.

Thoma E. Kelly, 1st Lt.

Burton Williams, 2nd Lt.

Formerly Orleans Southrons, Louisiana Militia

 

Officers of Company G

Edward J. Jones, Capt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. October 30, 1862

J. J. Hyder, 1st Lt. Louisiana Militia, r. May 16, 1861

Fred Wang, 1st Lt., r. October 16, 1862

Charles H. Allen, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 1st Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. February 7, 1862

Richard Bredow, 2nd Lt. (and) Adj.

Leonard Corvisart, 2nd Lt., cashiered March 1862

Frederick Hagan, 2nd Lt., died September 18, 1862

Johns St.Clair, Capt

George Hedtler (also Headler), Capt., cashiered February 4, 1863

Robert G. Barclay, 1st Lt.

Charles Moore, 1st Lt.

Joshua Lipman, 2nd Lt.

Morris Golden, 2nd Lt.

Formerly Louisiana Swamp Rangers, Louisiana Militia

 

 

Officers of Company H

Arthur Connor, Capt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, died August 4, 1862

Rufus R. Hunt 1st Lt., Louisiana Militia; 1st Lt., Fifth Louisiana, r. March 20, 1861

Thomas F. Eanes, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 1st Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. August 1, 1862

A. J. Laughlin, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 2nd Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. August 30, 1861

Thomas Janney, 2nd Lt., r, December 23, 1861

Cornelius McCarty, 2nd Lt., r. December 2, 1861

H. M. Johnson, 1st Lt., dropped

Thomas Dixon, Capt., r. February 24, 1863

John W. Taylor, Capt.

Formerly Perret Guards, Louisiana Milita.

 

 

Officers of Company I (Carondelet Invincibles)

Bruce Menger, Capt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., promoted to Maj., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. February 4, 1863

James S. Charles, 1st Lt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. February 4, 1863

George F. White, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia 2nd Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. July 2, 1862

J. F. Hawort, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia 2nd Lt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r. October 2, 1861

Jerome Patterson, Capt., retired February 2, 1865

Patrick Keane, 2nd Lt., killed August 8, 1862

John W. Gribbin, 2nd L?t.

John Grover.st Lt.

 

Officers of Company K

Oscar F. Benjamin, Capt., Louisiana Militia; Capt., Fifth Louisiana Infantry, r.

Michael Jordan 1st Lt., Louisiana Militia; 1st Lt., Fifth infantry, r. May 31, 1861

George H. Hinchey, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia; 1st Lt, Fifth Louisiana Infantry

R. B. Watkins, 2nd Lt., Louisiana Militia

Thomas Dolan, Capt., r. December 22, 1861

Thomas H. Biscoe, Capt., killed May 5, 1864

John Ryan, 1st Lt., r. March 31, 1863

John E. McDonough, 2nd Lt., dropped March 31, 1863

Colin C. Snow, 2nd Lt.

Formerly Monroe Rifles, Louisiana Militia.