Military Record of Louisiana: Including Biographical and Historical Papers Relating to the Military Organizations of the State

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Summary: A Valuable Civil War Resource
Review: Originally published in 1875, the Military Record of Louisiana is a collection of various written records, casualty lists and regimental muster rolls pertaining to Louisiana's participation in the American Civil War. It was compiled by Napier Bartlett, a native of Georgia who had studied in Louisiana prior to the war and entered the service of the famed Washington Artillery when the war began. The collection is, as Bartlett admits, "in no sense complete." Among the scattered and fragmentary items that one can find in the Military Record of Louisiana are, for example, the Journal of the Orleans Guard, the muster and partial casualty list for the 6th Louisiana Infantry, and The Louisiana Brigades in Virginia and Their Last Commander. By far the largest document that the book contains is Bartlett's own account of the service of the Washington Artillery. Despite the fragmentary nature of the Military Record of Louisiana it is without a doubt an important Civil War resource, and therefore a valuable addition to every Civil War buff's library.