Confederate 1st Louisiana Cavalry Ucv Uniform

A very attractive UCV (United Confederates Veteran) uniform being made of fine gray wool with a 5 button front having UCV Veterans buttons with matching trousers. Both are in excellent condition. This was in Roger Heiple's personal collection and was on display at a local museum for years. The paper label identifies the uniform as being Private William Porter CSA Co. C, 1st Louisiana Cavalry. He enlisted on 9-12-61 in Baton Rouge and was taken prisoner of war and was paroled May 12, 1865 at Gainesville, Ala. Excellent. Roughly a size 36 Formation: The 1st Louisiana Infantry Regiment organized at New Orleans on 28 April 1861. The original field officers were Colonel Albert G. Blanchard, Lieutenant Colonel William G. Vincent, and Major William R. Shivers. Blanchard was promoted brigadier general on 21 September 1861 and was replaced as colonel by Vincent on the same date. Shivers became lieutenant colonel on 27 September 1861 and was replaced as major by Samuel R. Harrison. On 28 April 1862, the regiment elected new officers. Vincent was dropped and Harrison became colonel. Harrison resigned on 8 June 1862 and was replaced by Shivers. Michael Nolan became lieutenant colonel and James Nelligan became major. Nolan was killed on 3 July 1863 and replaced by Nelligan. Charles E. Cormier became major. When Shivers resigned at some time in 1864, Nelligan became colonel. During the course of the war, about 960 men were enrolled in the regiment. There were 10 companies named A–K, excluding J. The original Company B led by Captain Camille E. Girardey was detached as artillery on 5 July 1861 and replaced by a new Company B. The artillery unit became known as the Louisiana Guard Battery. The original Company C led by Captain Francis Rawle transferred to the 1st Louisiana Infantry Battalion on 16 July 1861 and was replaced by a new Company C. The original Company H led by Captain Ben M. Anderson transferred to the 1st Kentucky Infantry Regiment and was replaced by a new Company H on 6 March 1862. The second Company H led by Captain Andrew Brady transferred to the 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiment on 22 May 1862 and was replaced by a third Company H on 27 June 1862. Service: 1861–1862: In 1861, the 1st Louisiana Infantry traveled to Richmond, Virginia. From there the unit moved to Norfolk, Virginia, until early 1862 when it went to North Carolina. In late May, the regiment left Weldon, North Carolina, and returned to Richmond. In the Seven Days Battles the 1st Louisiana Infantry was part of Brigadier General Ambrose R. Wright's brigade and Major General Benjamin Huger's division. On 25 June 1862, the unit fought at the Battle of Oak Grove (King's Schoolhouse). It lost 135 of the 355 men taken into action that day, the most casualties of any unit on the field. On 1 July at the Battle of Malvern Hill, Wright's brigade charged but met intense rifle and artillery fire and was unable to get closer than 300 yd (274 m) from the Union line. Between Oak Grove and Malvern Hill, the regiment lost 214 killed, wounded, or missing. On 26 July 1862, the 1st Louisiana Infantry was transferred to the 2nd Louisiana Brigade, together with the 1st Louisiana Zouave Battalion and the 2nd Louisiana, 9th Louisiana, 10th Louisiana, and 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiments. The 2nd Louisiana Brigade, led by Colonel Leroy Augustus Stafford arrived after the major fighting ended in the Battle of Cedar Mountain on 9 August. The brigade sustained losses of 4 killed and 20 wounded from artillery and skirmisher fire that evening. In the Second Battle of Bull Run on 28–30 August 1862, the brigade was led by Brigadier General William E. Starke and was part of a division commanded by Brigadier General William B. Taliaferro. Since Taliaferro was wounded on 28 August, Starke assumed command of the division. Colonel Stafford of the 9th Louisiana took charge of the brigade, which sustained losses of 110 killed, 269 wounded, and 6 missing during the fighting. On 30 August, the 2nd Louisiana Brigade successfully defended the unfinished railroad embankment against the attacks of the Union V Corps. The brigade engaged in a furious struggle with Federal soldiers that reached as far as the opposite side of the embankment, only 15 yd (14 m) away. When ammunition ran low, some Louisianans began throwing rocks at their adversaries. Company H of the 1st Louisiana Infantry was disbanded on 5 September 1862. Starke's brigade went into the Battle of Antietam on 17 September 1862 with about 650 men and suffered losses of 70 killed and 204 wounded. The 1st Louisiana Infantry lost 14 killed and 49 wounded. At about 7 am, Starke's and another brigade charged toward Miller's Cornfield. Immediately, Starke was hit by four bullets and killed. The charge was stopped by intense Federal rifle and artillery fire. In the Battle of Fredericksburg on 13 December 1862, the regiment sustained losses of only a few men wounded. After Fredericksburg, the 1st Zouave Battalion was permanently det