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| | 18th History: the Regiment |
 | | This regiment was formed at Simmesport on November 14, 1863, by a merger of the 18th Louisiana Regiment and the 10th Louisiana Battalion. |
 | | In August, the regiment camped in the vicinity of Vermillionville, the brigade consisting of the 18th Louisiana (Moutons) Colonel Armant; **28th Louisiana, Colonel Henry Grey; Crescent Regiment, Colonel A. Bossworth; Yellow Jacket Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Fournet; Beards Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Beard; Clacks Battalion, Lieutenant-Colonel Clack. |
 | | In October, the 18th Regiment was consolidated with the Yellow Jacket Battalion, and was afterwards known as the Consolidated Eighteenth Regiment, and was officered by Col. L. Armant, Lieut.-Colonel Joseph Collins, and Major Paul B. Leeds (afterwards of the staff of General E. Kirby Smith). |
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