1st Louisiana Regiment Heavy Artillery (African Descent)
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The 1st Louisiana Regiment Heavy Artillery (African Descent) was an artillery
regiment in the Union Army
during the American Civil War
that served in the New Orleans defenses. The unit was organized in New Orleans in November 1862.
Artillery
Originally applied to any group of infantry primarily armed with projectile weapons, artillery has over time become limited in meaning to refer only to those engines of war that operate by projection of munitions far beyond the range of effect of personal weapons...
regiment in the Union Army
Union Army
The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...
during the American Civil War
American Civil War
The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
that served in the New Orleans defenses. The unit was organized in New Orleans in November 1862.