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The 1stLA or Tiger Zouaves are a unit made up of veteran players from NW. We seek to bring a (nearly) historically accurate feel to the regiment and its players. We will use proper commands at all times. All men enlisted with this regiment will be sorted into companies etc. We will provide all members new and old with constant training and drilling in efficient tactics. As Zouaves we will focus on being shock infantry, and an elite unit on every battlefield. Discipline will be a major part of this unit as it is a core value in maintaining a successful environment for a military based setting. Officers will always set examples for their men and do their best in all situations to come out victorious. We will also have many recruiting events as we hope to field 50 men per battle eventually. More coming soon.



Battle of Somerville Heights
Battle of Front Royal
Battle of Middletown
First Battle of Winchester
Battle of Mount Carmel
Battle of Cross Keys
Battle of Port Republic
Battle of Cold Harbor
Battle of Marven Hill
Battle of Cedar Mountain
Battle of Bristoe Station
First Battle of Manassas
Battle of Chartilly
Battle of Harper's Ferry
Battle of Antietam
Battle of Fredericksburg
Battle of Chancellorsville
Battle of Maryes Heights
Battle of Salem Church
Second Battle of Winchester
Battle of Gettysburg
Battle of Raccoon Ford
Battle of Mine Run
Battle of Rappahannock
Battle of The Wilderness
Battle of Spotsylvania
Battle of Hanover Junction


               

The Louisiana Tigers was the common nickname for certain infantry troops from the state of Louisiana in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company, the nickname expanded to a battalion, then to a brigade, and eventually to all Louisiana troops within the Army of Northern Virginia. Although the exact composition of the Louisiana Tigers changed as the war progressed, they developed a reputation as fearless, hard-fighting shock troops.

A large number of the men were foreign-born, particularly Irish Americans, many from the city's wharves and docks. Many men had previous military experience in local militia units or as filibusters. They (and the regiments that later became known as the Tigers) were organized and trained at Camp Moore.

Within months of arriving in Northern Virginia, Wheat's entire five-company battalion began to be called the Louisiana Tigers. The battalion first saw combat during the First Battle of Manassas, where it anchored the left flank on Matthews Hill for several hours until reinforcements arrived.

In early 1862, Wheat's Tigers were assigned Brig. Gen. Richard Taylor's First Louisiana Brigade in the army of Stonewall Jackson. They participated in his 1862 Valley Campaign, proving instrumental in Confederate victories at the battles of Front Royal, Winchester, and Port Republic.

In late spring, Jackson's force was sent eastward to participate in the Peninsula Campaign. Following Wheat's death at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, his battalion was merged with Coppens' Zouaves within the Army of Northern Virginia. The combined unit was heavily depleted during the Northern Virginia Campaign and the subsequent Maryland Campaign, where its leader, Colonel Auguste Gaston Coppens, was killed. The amalgamated battalion was disbanded shortly after the Battle of Antietam and the men dispersed among other units.

By then, the nickname "Louisiana Tigers" had expanded to encompass the entire brigade, which was commanded by Brig. Gen. Harry T. Hays following Taylor's promotion and transfer to the Western Theater. By the Battle of Fredericksburg in late 1862, Hays' Brigade was composed of the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th Louisiana, and was a part of the division of Maj. Gen. Jubal A. Early.

During the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign, Hays' Brigade played a crucial role in the Confederate victory at the Second Battle of Winchester, seizing a key fort and forcing the withdrawal of Union troops under Maj. Gen. Robert H. Milroy. During the subsequent invasion of southern Pennsylvania, much of the populace feared the thievery and drunkenness often associated with the colorful Louisianans. At the Battle of Gettysburg, Hays' Brigade stormed East Cemetery Hill on the second day and seized several Union artillery pieces before withdrawing when supporting units were not advanced.

In the autumn of 1863, more than half the brigade was captured at the Battle of Rappahannock Station, and 600 men were shipped to Northern prisoner-of-war camps, many to Fort Delaware. Most would be paroled and would later rejoin the Tigers. The replenished brigade fought in the Overland Campaign at the Battle of the Wilderness and the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, where General Hays was severely wounded.

During the subsequent reorganization of Robert E. Lee's army in late May, the much depleted brigade of Tigers was consolidated with the "Pelican Brigade," formally known as the Second Louisiana Brigade, which had also lost its commander, Leroy A. Stafford, a long-time Tiger. Zebulon York became the new commander.

The nickname Tigers came to encompass all Louisiana infantry troops that fought under Lee. Nearly 12,000 men served at one time or another in various regiments that were destined to be part of the Louisiana Tigers. The name was at times also used for other Louisiana troops, including Levi's Light Artillery Battery and Maurin's Battery, but it was the infantry that is most often associated with the term.

York's consolidated brigade of Tigers fought in Early's army during the Battle of Monocacy and several subsequent battles in the Shenandoah Valley. In late 1864, the Tigers returned to the Army of Northern Virginia in the trenches around Petersburg, Virginia. By the Appomattox Campaign, many regiments were reduced to less than 100 men apiece, and Brig. Gen. William R. Peck had become the Tigers' final commander.

Following the Civil War, many former Tigers joined the Hays Brigade Relief Association, a prominent New Orleans social and political organization. Harry T. Hays, by then the local sheriff, mobilized the association during the 1866 New Orleans Race Riot. A company of former Louisiana Tigers joined the Fenian Invasion of Upper Canada on June 1, 1866 and fought the Canadian militia the next day at the Battle of Ridgeway.

The nickname Louisiana "Tigers" lives on with the athletic teams of the Louisiana State University.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana_Tigers
http://www.historynet.com/1st-louisiana-special-battalion-at-the-first-battle-of-manassas.htm












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Tigers wore distinctive uniforms similar to the French zouave, with straw hats or red cloth fezzes, blue-striped chasseur-style pantaloons, and short dark blue jackets with red lacing. The Tiger Zouaves apparently wore the fezzes in camp and straw hats while in the field. As time went on, this garb was replaced by Confederate uniforms and what clothing the men could purchase or otherwise obtain from civilians.



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RANK STRUCTURE




Commissioned Officers

   Captain - Cpt
   First Lieutenant - 1stLt
   Second Lieutenant - 2ndLt
                   
Non-Commissioned Officers

   Sergeant-Major- SgtMaj
   Quartermaster Sergeant- QSgt
   Colour Sergeant - CSgt
   First Sergeant - 1stSgt
   Master Sergeant - MSgt
   Staff Sergeant - SSgt
   Sergeant - Sgt
   Corporal - Cpl
                   
Enlisted

   Lance Corporal - Lcpl   
   Regular- Rgl
   Private First Class - Pfc
   Private - Pvt
   Cadet- Cdt
   Volunteer - Vol





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1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry "Wheat's Tiger Zouaves"




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   Capitaine Chantaky
Lieutenant Marceaux
2ndLieutenant Cytiuz
   
   
                   
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Thread credit goes to the great Marks & Marc
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The tigers are going to feast boys ;)

First event = 1st Place.

I've still got it...
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Re: 1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry "Wheat's Tiger Zouaves"
« Reply #10 on: February 28, 2022, 05:39:19 am »
Good luck Chantakey. Nice to see you in BCOF!

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Re: 1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry "Wheat's Tiger Zouaves"
« Reply #11 on: February 28, 2022, 05:10:50 pm »
*Hoekage walks to podium*

So I heard some youtubers and streamers are making regiments.....time to make them rage on stream again :D
Youtubers and Streamers will be spared as long as they recognize me as their Hoekage of FSE


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Re: 1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry "Wheat's Tiger Zouaves"
« Reply #12 on: February 28, 2022, 07:11:33 pm »
*Cytooz Walks in, draped in a gucci mink coat*

What an absolute blunder deehz is, dis community, of dwellers, ain't seen nuffin yet.
 I'fh tell you, i'm gonna knock deez walls down with meeh bare hands, i'm a foohkin animal.
Without the 1stLA, dis whole ship sink, and without me their ain't no name in this game.


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Re: 1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry "Wheat's Tiger Zouaves"
« Reply #13 on: February 28, 2022, 07:54:36 pm »
Okay you made this cringe

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Re: 1st Special Battalion, Louisiana Volunteer Infantry "Wheat's Tiger Zouaves"
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2022, 08:09:26 pm »
Okay you made this cringe

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You just mad you ain't as creative

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