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Francois Devillier (First_Last) [Alt. Name] F. C./ Devilliers]
Regiment Name Consolidated 18 Reg't. and Yellow Jacket Batt'n., Louisiana Infantry
Side Confederate
Company K
Soldier's Rank_In Private
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Francois Devillier
Enlisted as a Private
"K" Co. LA 18th Cons Infantry
18th Consolidated Regiment
This regiment was formed at Simmesport on November 14, 1863, by
a merger of the 18th Louisiana Regiment and the 10th Louisiana
Battalion. With general Alfred Mouton's (later Henry Gray's)
infantry brigade, the regiment marched to Monore.
The brigade started for Pineville on January 31, 1864, and
reached it ten days later. When the Federal Red River Campaign
began in Mid-March, the brigade traveled to Lecompte and then
retreated with General Richard Taylor's army toward Shreveport.
The regiment participated in the Battle of Mansfield, April 8,
1864; near 100 men were killed or wounded. During the Battle
of Pleasant Hill, April 9, the regiment was only lightly
engaged late in the day. With Taylor's army, the regiment
pursued the Federals down the Red River and fought in the
Battle of Yellow Bayou, May 18.
The regiment camped at Marksville, McNutt's Hill and Beaver
Creek during the next two months. In August, the brigade
marched to Monroe; and in September, it accompanied the army
into southern Arkansas. The men spent the next two months at
Camden and Walnut's Hill.
By late November, the brigade had encamped at Minden. In late
January, 1865, the brigade marched to Pineville. The men
remained there until February, when they moved to Bayou Cotile.
In May, the brigade marched to Mansfield; it disbanded there on
May 19 after hearing of the imminent surrender of the Trans-
Mississippi Department.
Source: Richard Buie
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F C. Devilliers
Enlisted as a Private
"B" Co. LA 18th Infantry
18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
This regiment was partially organized at Camp Moore on October
5, 1861, with seven companies. On October 8, the regiment
moved to Camp Roman near Carrollton, where An eighth company
joined it. The regiment was transferred to Camp Benjamin on
January 3, 1862. Two additional companies joined the regiment
to complete its organization.
On February 16, the unit traveled by railroad to Corinth, MS.
They were assigned to picket Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee
River. On March 1, they engaged and repulsed a landing party
from two union gunboats and drove them away. The regiment
fought in the Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7; in one attack the
regiment had 200 men killed or wounded.
Falling back to Corinth, the regiment served in the trenches
until the evacuation of the town on May 29. After remaining in
camp at Tupelo for two months. Then the regiment received
orders to report for duty at Mobile, AL. The men were assigned
to a camp at Pollard to guard the approaches to Mobile from
Pensacola, FL. On October 2, the regiment left for western
Louisiana; it reached New Iberia on October 12.
The regiment fought in the Battle of Labadieville, on October
27, and retreated with the army to Fort Bisland on Bayou Teche.
They spent the winter and early spring at Camp Qui Vive at
Fausse Point and returned to Fort Bisland in mid-March, 1863.
On April 12-13, the regiment participated in the Battle of
Bisland, but suffered few losses. The army retreated through
Opelousas and Alexandria to Natchitoches. In June, the
regiment returned to south Louisiana and participated in
operations around Bayou Lafourche in July.
During the months of August, September, and October, the
regiment marched back and forth between Vermilionville,
Simmesport, and Moundville. On November 14, the regiment was
merged with the 10th Louisiana Battalion at Simmesport to form
the 18th Louisiana Consolidated Infantry Regiment.
Recommend Reading:
Reminiscences of Uncle Silas: The History of the Eighteenth
Louisiana Infantry Regt.
Bergerson, Authur W., Jr.,
Source: Richard Buie
Sources used by Historical Data Systems, Inc.:
- Index to Compiled Confederate Military Service Records
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His records may be procured through the service noted in the Red enclosed box above.
F. C. Devilliers, Private, Company B (St. Landry Volunteers), 18th Regiment Louisiana Infantry, enlisted October 5, 1861 at Camp Moore by J. R. Agar for the war, captured at Bayou Teche, Louisiana April 14, 1863, no further records
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Francois Devillier, Private, Company K, Consolidated 18th Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion Louisiana Infantry, enlisted March 30, 1863 at Homasville [sp?] by Capt. Simon for the war, paroled at Washington, La., June 21, 1865,* resident of St. Landry Parish, La., no further records
* He may not have been there, however, his name appeared on the roll of those paroled.
M320: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana