The Fourth Alabama Painting by Don Troiani

Reserves, Army of the Potomac

Colonel R Taylor, commanding the 9th Louisiana Infantry

Colonel R Taylor, commanding the 9th Louisiana Infantry

Ninth Louisiana Infantry

COLONEL R TAYLOR
LIEUTENANT COLONEL E G RANDOLPH
MAJOR W J WALKER

Company A Moore Fencibles: CAPT. R L CAPERS
Company B Stafford Guards: CAPT. L A STAFFORD
Company C Bienville Blues: CAPT. W B PEARCE
Company D Bossier Volunteers: CAPT. J J HODGES
Company E Milliken Bend Guards: CAPT. W R PECK
Company F DeSoto Blues: CAPT. H L N WILLIAMS
Company G Colyell Guards: CAPT. J S GARDNER
Company H Brush Valley Guards: CAPT. W F GRAY
Company I Washington Rifles: CAPT. H RICHARDSON
Company K Jackson Greys: CAPT. R Kavanaugh
Assigned to the 12th Louisiana Infantry, Company M (2nd), October, 1862.

Sources

"At every halt of the wretched engine, said Taylor, the noise of the battle grew more and more intense, as did our impatience. At dusk on July 21 the weary engine wheezed into Manassas Junction. The 9th Louisiana Regiment had missed the Battle of Manassas."

Nine Men in Gray by Charles L Dufour

"The men's worst fear was realised – they arrived at Manassas soon after the battle was won."

Lee's Tigers: The Louisiana Infantry in the Army of Northern Virginia, by Terry L Jones

A Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Organizations 1861–1865, by A W Bergerun, Jr.

Notes

The 9th Louisiana Infantry was mustered into Confederate States service at Camp Moore, Louisiana, on 6 July, 1861. Lieutenant Colonel E G Randolph moved the regiment to Richmond by the first available transportation arriving on 20 July, 1861. The regiment marched to the railroad station and managed to procure a train. Leaving the night of the 20 July the regiment arrived at Manassas Junction at dusk and was not engaged in the battle. The 9th Louisiana Infantry bivouacked by the railroad and went into camp the next day.

On 25 July, 1861, the Army of the Potomac was reorganised and the 9th Louisiana Infantry was assigned to the Eighth Brigade, First Corps, Army of the Potomac, under the temporary command of Colonel I G Seymour, 6th Louisiana Infantry.