The 256th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ("Louisiana Brigade") is a modular Infantry Brigade Combat Team of the Louisiana Army National Guard

Louisiana Army National Guard

The Louisiana Army National Guard is a component of the United States Army and the United States National Guard. The Constitution of the United States specifically charges the National Guard with dual federal and state missions. In fact, the National Guard is the only United States military force...

. It is headquartered in Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette, Louisiana

Lafayette is a city in and the parish seat of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States, on the Vermilion River. The population was 120,623 at the 2010 census...

. Currently the brigade is part of the 36th Infantry Division (United States).
Three elements of the 256th Infantry Brigade: the 156th Infantry Regiment

156th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 156th Infantry Regiment is an Infantry Regiment in the United States Army and the Louisiana National Guard.-History:...

; the 108th Cavalry Regiment

108th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

The 108th Cavalry Regiment is a Regiment of the Georgia Army National Guard and the Louisiana Army National Guard respectively-Lineage:The 108th Cavalry was constituted June 1, 1921, assigned to the 23rd Cavalry Division, allotted to the National Guard of the States of Georgia and Louisiana, and...

; and the 1st Battalion, 141st Field Artillery Regiment

141st Field Artillery Regiment (United States)

The 141st Field Artillery Regiment is a United States artillery regiment.-History:The 141st Field Artillery is an historic American military unit that is currently part of the Louisiana Army National Guard headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana...

, the "Washington Artillery" of New Orleans, trace their history back to 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...

 where they fought mainly in the eastern theater under Robert E. Lee

Robert E. Lee

Robert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....

's Army of Northern Virginia

Army of Northern Virginia

The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, as well as the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac...

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