8th Louisiana Infantry

== Regimental History and Service Record ==
* Also referred to as the Pelican Regiment
* June 15, 1861 - Organized at Camp Moore
** June 15, 1861 - Mustered into Confederate Service with 7 companies for the war and 3 companies for 12 months
* April 1862 - Reorganized
* June 16, 1862 - Secessionville
* July 21, 1861 - Battle of Bull Run, Virginia [not engaged]
* May-June 1862 - Shenandoah Valley Campaign
* May 23, 1862 - Front Royal
* May 24, 1862 - Middletown
* May 25, 1862 - 1st Winchester
* June 1, 1862 - Mount Carmel
* June 8-9, 1862 - Cross Keys
* June 9, 1862 - Port Republic
* June 25-July 1, 1862 - The Seven Days Battles before Richmond, Virginia
* June 27, 1862 - Gaines' Mill
* July 1, 1862 - Malvern Hill
* August 9, 1862 - Cedar Mountain
* August 26, 1862 - Bristoe Station
* August 27, 1862 - Kettle Run
* August 28-30, 1862 - 2nd Bull Run
* September 1, 1862 - Chantilly
* September 12-15, 1862 - Harpers Ferry
* September 17, 1862 - Battle of Antietam, Maryland
* December 13, 1862 - Fredericksburg
* May 1-4, 1863 - Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia
* May 3, 1863]] - Marye's Heights
* May 4, 1863 - Salem Church
* June 14-15, 1863 - 2nd Winchester
* July 1-3, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
* October-November 1863 - Bristoe Campaign
* November 7, 1863 - Rappahannock Station
* November-December 1863 - Mine Run Campaign
* May 5-6, 1864 - The Wilderness
* May 8-21, 1864 - Battles of Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia
* May 22-26, 1864 - North Anna River
* June 1-3, 1864 - Cold Harbor
* June 1864 - Lynchburg Campaign
* July 9, 1864 - Monocacy
* September 19, 1864 - 3rd Winchester
* September 22, 1864 - Fisher's Hill
* October 19, 1864 - Cedar Creek
* June 1864-April 1865 - Siege of Petersburg [detachment]
* March 25, 1865 - Fort Stedman
* April 2, 1865 - Petersburg Final Assault
* April 6, 1865 - Sayler's Creek
* April 9, 1865 - Appomattox Court House
** Surrendered
DESIGNATIONS
* Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / Unattached (July 1861)
* Army of the Potomac / 1st Corps / W.H.T. Walker's/Taylor's Brigade (July-October 1861)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Potomac District / 1st Corps / 1st Louisiana Brigade (October-November 1861)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 1st Corps / E.K. Smith's Division / 1st Louisiana Brigade (November 1861-February 1862)
* Department of Northern Virginia / E.K. Smith's/Ewell's Division / 1st Louisiana Brigade (February-May 1862)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Ewell's Division / 1st Louisiana Brigade (May-June 1862)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Ewell's/Early's Division / 1st Louisiana Brigade (June 1862-May 1864)
* Army of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Early's/Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (May-June 1864)
* Department of Northern Virginia / Valley District / Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (June-December 1864)
* Department of Northern Virginia / 2nd Corps / Gordon's Division / Consolidated Louisiana Brigade (December 1864-April 1865)
== Regimental Roster ==
* First Commander: Henry B. Kelly (Colonel)
* Alcibiades DeBlanc (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* German A. Lester (Major, Lieutenant Colonel)
* Trevanion D. Lewis (Major, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel)
* Francis T. Nicholls (Lieutenant Colonel)
* John B.E. Prados (Major)
== Regiment Statistical Information ==
== Legacy ==
== Notes ==
== Sources == 
* Jones, Terry L. Lee's Tigers: The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia
* (Pages 83-84)
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