6th LA Cavalry
Organized: on 8/1/64
Mustered Out: 5/26/65
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6th Regiment, Louisiana Cavalry
6th Cavalry Regiment was assembled near Minden, Louisiana, in January, 1864. The unit was assigned to the Trans-Mississippi Department and saw light action in Louisiana. Later it operated a courier-line between Camden, Arkansas and Alexandria, Louisiana. In March, 1865, the regiment was patrolling along the west bank of the Mississippi River, then disbanded. Colonel William Harrison was in command. http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/regiments.cfm
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The regiment was first organized in the Trans-Mississippi Department during the winter of 1863-64, as Harrison's Battalion Louisiana Cavalry. It was later increased to a regiment by the addition of unattached companies and designated the 6th Regiment Louisiana Cavalry
Company I (Calcasieu Rangers), 6th Louisiana Cavalry, formerly Captain Ivey's Company, Louisiana Cavalry
William E. Ivey, Captain
W. W. Taifor, 1st. Lieutenant
C. E. Graham, 2nd Lieutenant
M. Andrews, 2nd Lieutenant, Resigned May 4, 1864
The only muster roll for the Company is for the period Feb. 20, 1864 to ______ (Dated Feb. 20, 1864) where they were stationed at Alexandria
Captain Ivey was among those surrendered by General E. Kirby Smith and paroled June 22, 1865 at Shreveport, La.
M320: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana