Louisiana Tigers

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The Louisiana Tigers were a famed Confederate Civil War unit from Louisiana known for their ferocity in battle and distinctive, often unruly, character.

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Label Occurrences
Louisiana Tigers canonical 4

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War military unit ⓘ
Confederate military unit ⓘ
allegiance Confederate States Army ⓘ
associatedWith Brigadier General Richard Taylor ⓘ
Major Chatham Roberdeau Wheat ⓘ
branch Infantry ⓘ
Light infantry ⓘ
Zouave-style infantry ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country Confederate States of America ⓘ
culturalImage romanticized Confederate shock troops ⓘ
disbanded end of American Civil War ⓘ
disciplineIssues brawling in camp ⓘ
insubordination ⓘ
looting ⓘ
engagedIn Battle of Antietam ⓘ
Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ
First Battle of Bull Run ⓘ
Peninsula Campaign ⓘ
Valley Campaigns of 1862 ⓘ
ethos shock troops ⓘ
ideology support for the Confederacy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
French ⓘ
militaryRole assault infantry ⓘ
skirmishers ⓘ
nickname Tigers ⓘ
notableFor distinctive appearance ⓘ
ferocity in battle ⓘ
unruly behavior ⓘ
origin Louisiana ⓘ
partOf Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
recruitmentArea New Orleans ⓘ
rural Louisiana ⓘ
reputation brawling ⓘ
fearsome fighters ⓘ
hard-drinking ⓘ
undisciplined ⓘ
socialComposition dockworkers and laborers ⓘ
immigrants ⓘ
working-class volunteers ⓘ
subunitOf Louisiana brigades in the Army of Northern Virginia ⓘ
Wheat's Special Battalion ⓘ
timePeriod 1861–1865 ⓘ
uniformFeature baggy trousers ⓘ
colorful jackets ⓘ
fez or turban-style headgear ⓘ
uniformStyle Zouave-inspired ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harry T. Hays → notableCommand → Louisiana Tigers ⓘ
subject linked to: Brigadier General Harry T. Hays
Hays's Brigade → alsoKnownAs → Louisiana Tigers ⓘ
Harry Thompson Hays → commanded → Louisiana Tigers ⓘ