Louisiana Fixed Infantry Regiment

Louisiana Fixed Infantry Regiment
Louisiana Fixed Infantry Regiment
Regimiento de Infantería Fijo de Luisiana
	La Marcha de Gálvez by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau
Active	1769–1816
Country	Spain
Branch	Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment
Nickname(s)	"Louisiana regiment"
Motto(s)	"Honor et fidélitas"
Facings	Blue
Battles	American Revolutionary War Battle of Manchac Post; Battle of Baton Rouge; Battle of Fort Charlotte; Battle of St. Louis; Battle of Pensacola; Battle of Arkansas Post; ;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Don Bernardo de Gálvez; Don Francisco Bouligny; Don Francisco San Maxent;

The Louisiana Fixed Infantry Regiment (Spanish: Regimiento de Infantería Fijo de Luisiana), commonly known as the "Louisiana regiment" (Spanish: Regimiento de la Luisiana), was an infantry formation of the Spanish Army in the Southern and Western theaters of the American Revolutionary War.

History

Formed in 1769 as the Louisiana Fixed Infantry Battalion, with Headquarters at New Orleans, Louisiana,^[1] the battalion was reorganized and redesignated in 1782 as the Louisiana Fixed Infantry Regiment to consist of two battalions. Reorganized again in 1785 to consist of three battalions, the Louisiana Fixed Infantry Regiment was disbanded in 1816 in West Florida.^[2]

References

^ Holmes, Jack D. L. (1965). Honor and Fidelity: The Louisiana Infantry Regiment and the Louisiana Milita Companies, 1766-1821. Louisiana Collection Series of Books and Documents on Colonial Louisiana. Vol. 1. Birmingham, Ala.: [s.n.] LCCN 67116682. OCLC 01869816.
^ Din, Gilbert C. (Winter 2002). "For Defense of Country and the Glory of Arms": Army Officers in Spanish Louisiana, 1766-1803". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 43 (1). Louisiana Historical Association: 5–40. JSTOR 4233810.

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[1] Holmes, Jack D. L. (1965). Honor and Fidelity: The Louisiana Infantry Regiment and the Louisiana Milita Companies, 1766-1821. Louisiana Collection Series of Books and Documents on Colonial Louisiana. Vol. 1. Birmingham, Ala.: [s.n.] LCCN 67116682. OCLC 01869816.

[2] Din, Gilbert C. (Winter 2002). "For Defense of Country and the Glory of Arms": Army Officers in Spanish Louisiana, 1766-1803". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 43 (1). Louisiana Historical Association: 5–40. JSTOR 4233810.

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