10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Confederate)

10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
Active1862–1865
Country Confederate States of America
Allegiance Louisiana
Branch Confederate States Army
TypeInfantry
SizeRegiment
Nickname(s)Lee's Foreign Legion
EngagementsAmerican Civil War

The 10th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was a Louisiana infantry unit of the Confederate States of America that operated with the Army of Northern Virginia of the American Civil War. It was known as "Lee's Foreign Legion" due to the large numbers of foreign-born troops.[1]

  1. ^ Brooks, Thomas Walter; Jones, Michael Dan (1995). Lee's Foreign Legion: A History of the 10th Louisiana Infantry. Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada: Watts Printing.