You will find no other unit as friendly, or as helpful to beginners, as our own Louisiana Brigade. Currently, we are one of the largest individual re-enactment unit in California, with over 80 members on our muster roles. Our members range from San Diego County in the south, Visalia County in the north, and Clark County, Nevada in the east. Most of our members are located in the Kern, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Orange, and Ventura Counties. Rather than just watching others have fun, we go out and participate.
Members can be as active as they wish, making most of our events, or just one a year.
We are currently re-creating two infantry companies and an artillery battery that made up the original brigade. This unit was well known for its distinctive dress. They wore bright red shirts, red fezzes, dark blue jackets, and bloused trousers made from sturdy mattress ticking. Their uniforms show the distinctive influence of French New Orleans, though most of their numbers were actually from Irish workers off the docks and warfs of New Orleans. The battalion was a hard fighting unit, but had a well deserved reputation for being composed of thieves and cut-throats.