Hi everyone, This is a note to those interested in the military history of Union Parish Confederate soldiers. Two excellent works have been published in the past year, and one still remains in print from 1998. These works deal with Confederate armies that included the 6th, 12th, 17th, and 31st Louisiana Infantry Regiments. Over eight hundred Union Parish soldiers served in these regiments during the war. Here are the works: 1) "Irish Rebels, Confederate Tigers: A History of the 6th Louisiana Volunteers, 1861 1865", by James P. Gannon, Savas Publishing Company, Mason City, Iowa, 1998. The first wave of Union Parish men to enlist in the Confederate Army belonged to Company A, 6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment. After training at Camp Moore in south Louisiana in the spring of 1861, this regiment joined the Army of Northern Virginia and served under General Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. This work gives the history of this regiment. 2) "The Defense of Vicksburg: A Louisiana Chronicle", by Allan C. Richard, Jr. and Mary Margaret Higginbotham Richard, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, 2004. Over four hundred Union Parish soldiers serving in Company C, 17th Louisiana and Companies G, H, and I, 31st Louisiana Infantry Regiments saw action during the Vicksburg campaign of 1862 1863. This work gives an excellent account of the Louisiana soldiers at Vicksburg told through letters and diaries. 3) "Champion Hill: Decisive Battle for Vicksburg", by Dr. Timothy B. Smith, Savas Beatie, New York, 2004. This work describes the events surrounding the Yankee victory at the Battle of Champion's Hill (Baker's Creek to the Confederates) on 16 May 1863 that led Confederate General John C. Pemberton to withdraw his army into the defensives of Vicksburg, thus beginning the siege. As a precursor to Champion Hill, Dr. Smith includes a long discussion on the Battle of Port Gibson on 1 May 1863. Approximately four hundred Union Parish troops in the 17th and 31st Regiments participated in the Battle of Port Gibson, with several soldiers in the 31st captured and sent north to Yankee prisons. The 17th and 31st Regiments performed picket duty on the Big Black River during the Battle of Champion Hill and took no part in the fierce fighting there. However, over two hundred other Union Parish soldiers serving in Companies E and I, 12th Louisiana Infantry Regiments did participate in the action on May 16th, with several Union Parish fatalities. Tim Hudson http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/la/union.htm http://www.rootsweb.com/~launion/ _________________________________________________________________ Dont just search. Find. Check out the new MSN Search! http://search.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200636ave/direct/01/