16th and 25th Consolidated Louisiana Infantry Regiment

The 16th and 25th Consolidated Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a unit of volunteers recruited in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It served only in the Western Theater. The unit was created in November 1862 by combining the veteran 16th Louisiana and 25th Louisiana Infantry Regiments to form the consolidated regiment. The new unit served at Stones River, Jackson, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge in 1863. The unit fought at Resaca, New Hope Church, Atlanta, Ezra Church, Jonesborough, and Nashville in 1864. The consolidation was dissolved in February 1865 and the 16th and 25th Infantry Regiments were re-consolidated with other units^[2]

16th and 25th Consolidated Louisiana Infantry Regiment
The newly-formed regiment suffered crippling losses while attacking at the Battle of Stones River,^[1] shown here in a somewhat fanciful print.
Active	30 Nov. 1862 – February 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Louisiana
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment (1,078 men, Nov. 1862)^[1]
Part of	Adams', Gibson's Brigade
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Stones River (1862–63) Jackson Expedition (1863) Battle of Chickamauga (1863) Battle of Missionary Ridge (1863) Battle of Resaca (1864) Battle of New Hope Church (1864) Battle of Atlanta (1864) Battle of Ezra Church (1864) Battle of Jonesborough (1864) Battle of Nashville (1864)
Commanders
Notable commanders	Stuart W. Fisk

See also

• List of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units
• Louisiana in the Civil War

Notes

1. Bergeron 1989, p. 114.
2. Bergeron 1989, pp. 113–115.

References

• Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 3. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987a [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-571-X.
• Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. Secaucus, N.J.: Castle. 1987b [1883]. ISBN 0-89009-572-8.
• Bergeron, Arthur W. Jr. (1989). Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865. Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0-8071-2102-9.
• Boatner, Mark M. III (1959). The Civil War Dictionary. New York, N.Y.: David McKay Company Inc. ISBN 0-679-50013-8.
• Castel, Albert E. (1992). Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864. Lawrence, Kansas: University Press of Kansas. ISBN 0-7006-0562-2.
• Cozzens, Peter (1991). No Better Place to Die: The Battle of Stones River. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06229-9.
• Cozzens, Peter (1994). The Shipwreck of their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-01922-9.
• Cozzens, Peter (1996). This Terrible Sound: The Battle of Chickamauga. Urbana, Ill.: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0-252-06594-8.
• Dimitry, John; Harrell, John M. (1899). Confederate Military History: Louisiana and Arkansas. Vol. 10. Atlanta, Ga.: Blue & Gray Press.
• Official Records (1884). "A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies: Volume X Part I". Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 507. Retrieved October 28, 2022.
• Sword, Wiley (1992). The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville. New York, N.Y.: University Press of Kansas for HarperCollins. ISBN 0-7006-0650-5.