Product Description 6th LOUISIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY Company H Orleans Rifles TRUST IN GOD LEAVE US ALONE The 6th Louisiana was organized in May, 1861 at Camp Moore, Louisiana with 916 men. Many of the men were Irish. Its members were recruited in New Orleans and the parishes of Union, Sabine, Ouachita, Saint Landry and Saint Bernard. The men were ordered to Virginia. The 6th was brigaded with the 7th, 8th, and 9th Louisiana Regiments and the 1st Louisiana Special Battalion. The men fought in Jackson’s Valley Campaign and with the Army of Northern Virginia from the Seven Days’ Battles to Cold Harbor. It continued to fight with General Early in the Shenandoah Valley and later shared in the Appomattox operations. The 6th reported sixty-six casualties at Cross Keys and Port Republic, forty-seven during the Maryland Campaign, twelve at Fredericksburg, and eighty-one at Chancellorsville. At Second Winchester the 6th lost forty-three men and sixty-one at the Battle of Gettysburg. There were eighty-nine men captured at Rappahannock Station. Only four officers and forty-eight surrendered. The field officers were Colonel Isaac Seymour, killed June 27, 1862 at Gaines Mill; Colonel Henry Strong, killed September 17, 1962; Nathaniel G. Offutt, resigned November 7, 1862 and Colonel William Monaghan, killed August 28, 1864. New Orleans Daily Crescent May 13, 1861 Orleans Rifle Rangers. – This fine company already mustered into Confederate service, numbers 86 men. The company is still open for the reception of a few more brave and able-bodied men, who may desire to see active service without delay. The following are the officers of the Orleans Rifle Rangers: Captain, Thomas F. Fisher; First Lieutenant, W. H. Buttrick; Second Lieutenant Junior, Charles M. Pilcher; First Sergeant, George K. Blake; Second Sergeant, H. Gallagher; Third Sergeant, F. X. Demange; Fourth Sergeant, Charles Mayer; Fifth Sergeant, Webster Templeton; First Corporal, Richard Carr; Second Corporal, James F. Shannon; Third Corporal, Charles H. Turner; Fourth Corporal, F. J. Mayer; Color-Sergeant, John Singrey; Drummer, John Williams. This flag was presented to Memorial Hall in April, 1895 by Mrs. Mary Buttrick, who was the wife of W.H. Buttrick who was in command of the 6th Louisiana Infantry.
