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+CORMIER, Louis Adolphe. 1Sgt. Jr2/2/1LT. CPT. Called Adolphe. Born 20 May 1841, Lafayette Parish. Son of Valery CORMIER (1800-70?) & Marguerite HEBERT (1809-1900) of Lafayette Parish. 1860 U.S. Census says he was literate. A farmer, single, resident of Washington, when he enlisted in Company C, 4 Jun 61, Camp Moore, age 20, as 1Sgt. [Gannon, p. 344, says as Orderly Sgt., which in the Civil War was the same rank as 1Sgt.]. Brasseaux, p. 62, says this company was "raised in St. Landry Parish by Acadians L. A. CORMIER and L. E. [E. T.?] CORMIER...." Present Jul-Oct 61, Orderly Sgt., 1 Sep-30 Oct 61, promoted to Jr2LT, 31 Oct 61 [promotion not in Booth; see Gannon, p. 344]. Present May-Aug 62, promoted 2LT from Jr2LT, 6 May 62 [Gannon, p. 344, says 26 May], promoted 1LT from 2LT, 1 Jul 62. Date of promotion from 1LT to CPT not given in Booth; Gannon, p. 344, says 17 Sep 62. Absent Sep-Oct 62, sick in hospital, no place given. Present Nov 62-Jun 63. MWIA, Gettysburg, PA, 2 Jul 63. Died Gettysburg, 3 Jul 63, age 22

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A poignant account of his death is in Seymour, p. 76n: "... CORMIER was shot in the stomach while leading his company against Cemetery Hill. The next day several Gettysburg women came to the barn used as Hays's field hospital to help with the Confederate wounded. They were touched by CORMIER, and he asked them to come by later to see him die. They did, and he thanked them before passing away." Gannon, p. 201, using Seymour as his source, elaborates: "The wounded were carried to a nearby barn which served as a field hospital for Hays' Brigade, where they were tended to the next day by several women of Gettysburg. Among them was Captain CORMIER, who was dying of a painful stomach wound. He was a young handsome man, less than 20 years of age, whose suffering attracted the attention of the sympathetic ladies. The young captain told them that he knew he had only hours to live and asked them to stop by later in the day 'to see him die'.

About noon, they gathered round him again. CORMIER told them of his mother and two sisters at home, whom he wished were with him, and asked the ladies to kiss him good-bye--which they did, one by one, as he took his final breaths." Buried Elizabeth Wible's farm, "back of barn," Shealer Road, 2 miles northeast of Gettysburg, Adams County, PA. Remains shipped by Dr. Rufus B. Weaver from Gettysburg to Richmond, VA, 10 Sep 1872, Box 3-265, re-interred, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA, Gettysburg Dead section.   // 1850 U.S. Census, Western District, Lafayette Parish, LA, roll M432_232, p. 80 (30 Sep 50), household no. 310, Valery CORMIER, planter: Adolphe CORMIER; age 9, illiterate. 1860 U.S. Census, Opelousas (actually "Washington Corporation"), St. Landry Parish, LA, roll M653_424, p. 296 (4 Nov 60), household no. 248, E. Boncheze, druggist: A. CORMIER; age 19, literate, no occupation listed. Ancestry.com, Civil War Rolls: Louis A. CORMIER; rank in, 1Sgt., rank out, CPT. Booth, LA Confed. Soldiers, 2:444: Louis A. CORMIER.

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Brasseaux, Acadian to Cajun, 62: L. A. CORMIER. Coco, Gettysburg's Confed. Dead, 48: Louis A. CORMIER; source for his burials. CSRC, Index: Louis A. CORMIER. Gannon, 6th LA Volunteers, 201, 344, 418: Louis A. CORMIER. Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 4:110: Louis CORMIER. OR Atlas, plate 95; location of Wible farm. Seymour, Memoirs, 76n, 158: Louis A. CORMIER. LA Confed. Burials: Louis A. CORMIER. Virginia Alonso-Tokarz, collateral descendant, who provided his middle name & correct identity. //   Brother of Emile Thelismar CORMIER of this company; & Valery CORMIER of Company D, 18th Regiment Infantry, & Company K, 2nd Regiment Reserve Corps.
6th Louisiana Infantry Historical Sketch
Nickname: Irish Brigade
Organization: Organized at Camp Moore on May 23, 1861. Mustered into Confederate service with eight companies for the war and two for 12 months on June 4, 1861. Reorganized in May 1862. Field consolidation with the 5th and 7th Infantry Regiments from November 1865 to April 9, 1865. Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865.
First Commander: Isaac G. Seymour, COL [killed June 27, 1862]
Field Officers: George W. Christy, MAJ [dropped May 9, 1862]; Joseph Hanlon, MAJ [September 17, 1862], LTC [November 7, 1862]; Samuel L. Jones [James], MAJ [resigned December 1, 1861]; Louis Lay, LTC [resigned February 13, 1862]; Arthur McArthur, Jr., MAJ [May 9, 1862; killed May 25, 1862]; William H. Manning, MAJ [November 7, 1862]; William Monaghan, MAJ [June 27, 1862], LTC [September 17, 1862], COL [November 7, 1862; killed August 28, 1864]; Nathaniel G. Offutt, MAJ [May 25, 1862], LTC [June 27, 1862], COL [September 17, 1862; resigned November 7, 1862]; Henry B. Strong, LTC [February 18, 1862], COL [June 27, 1862; killed September 17, 1862]
Assignments: Alexandria Line (Jun 61); Ewell's Brigade, Army of the Potomac (Jun-Jul 61); Ewell's Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac (Jul 61); W.H.T. Walker's-Taylor's Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac (Jul-Oct 61); 1st Louisiana Brigade, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (Oct-Nov 61); 1st Louisiana Brigade, E.K. Smith's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (Nov 61-Feb 62); 1st Louisiana Brigade, E.K. Smith's-Ewell's Division, Department of Northern Virginia (Feb-May 62); 1st Louisiana Brigade, Ewell's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (May-Jun 62); 1st Louisiana Brigade, Ewell's-Early's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (Jun 62-May 64); Consolidated Louisiana Brigade, Early's-Gordon's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (May-Jun 64); Consolidated Louisiana Brigade, Gordon's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (Jun-Dec 64); Consolidated Louisiana Brigade, Gordon's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (Dec 64-Apr 65)
Battles: 1st Manassas (July 21, 1861); Shenandoah Valley Campaign (May-June 1862); Front Royal [in reserve] (May 23, 1862); Middletown (May 24, 1862); 1st Winchester (May 25, 1862); Mount Carmel (June 1, 1862); Cross Keys (June 8-9, 1862); Port Republic (June 9, 1862); Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862); Hundley's Corner (June 26, 1862); Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862); Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862); Cedar Mountain (August 9, 1862); Bristoe Station (August 26, 1862); Kettle Run (August 27, 1862); 2nd Manassas (August 28-30, 1862); Chantilly (September 1, 1862); Sharpsburg (September 17, 1862); Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862); Rappahannock River, near Fredericksburg (April 29, 1863); Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863); Marye's Heights (May 3, 1863); Salem Church (May 4, 1863); 2nd Winchester (June 14-15, 1863); Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863); Bristoe Campaign (October 1863); Rappahannock Station (November 7, 1863); Mine Run Campaign (November-December 1863); The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864); Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864); North Anna (May 23-26, 1864); Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864); Lynchburg Campaign (May-June 1864); Monocacy (July 9, 1864); 3rd Winchester (September 19, 1864); Fisher's Hill (September 22, 1864); Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864); Petersburg Siege [from December] (June 1864-April 1865); Hatcher's Run (February 5-7, 1865); Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865); Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865); Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865)
From Bergeron, La. Confed. Units, 85-87:
"This regiment, which was organized June 4, 1861, at Camp Moore with 916 men, went to Virginia. The regiment was guarding supplies and did not participate in the Battle of 1st Manassas, July 21. Several days later, the regiment was brigaded with the 7th, 8th, and 9th Louisiana regiments and the 1st Louisiana Special Battalion. After spending the winter near Centerville and Orange Court House, the brigade joined Stonewall Jackson's army in the Shenandoah Valley in the spring of 1862. The regiment was in reserve at Front Royal on May 23 but skirmished with the enemy at Middletown the next day, capturing two enemy flags. At the Battle of Winchester, May 25, the regiment helped drive back the Federals. The regiment fought in the Battle of Port Republic, June 9; 66 of its men were killed or wounded. The men skirmished with the enemy at Hundley's Corner on the night of June 26 and participated in the Battle of Gaines' Mill on June 27.
[Malvern Hill, July 1?] Marching with Jackson's Corps into northern Virginia, the regiment fought at Bristoe Station, August 26; at Kettle Run, August 27; at 2nd Manassas, August 29-30; and at Chantilly, September 1. The men saw heavy fighting in the Battle of Sharpsburg, September 17; 52 were killed or wounded. In the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, the regiment was in reserve and suffered only a few casualties from enemy artillery fire. With the 5th Louisiana Infantry, the men disputed the Federal crossing of the Rappahannock River below Fredericksburg on April 29, 1863. On May 3, the regiment was driven from Marye's Heights and had 27 men captured. The regiment participated in the Battle of Salem Church, May 4. On June 14, the regiment helped drive the enemy back from Winchester. The men assisted in the attack that routed the Federal [Eleventh] Corps at Gettysburg on July 1. The next afternoon they participated in an attack on Cemetery Hill; 53 of them were killed, wounded, or missing.
Returning to Virginia, the regiment fought in the Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9-22. The Federals overran the brigade at Rappahannock Station on November 7 and captured 89 men of the regiment. In the spring of 1864 campaign, the remnants of the regiment fought at the Wilderness, May 5, and at Spotsylvania, May 9-19. On May 12, the brigade helped repulse the Federal attack at the Mule Shoe that had overrun the army's other Louisiana brigade. The brigade accompanied General Jubal Early's army to the Shenandoah Valley and participated in all of the battles fought there from June to October. By November, the regiment's strength was so low that the regiment was consolidated into one company with the remnants of the 5th and 7th Louisiana regiments. The men joined the Army of Northern Virginia at Petersburg and saw action at Hatcher's Run, February 6, 1865, and at Fort Stedman, March 25. When the army surrendered at Appomattox, on April 9, only 4 officers and 48 enlisted men remained on duty. Approximately 1,146 men served in the regiment during the war; 219 were killed in battle, 104 died of disease, 5 were killed in accidents, 1 drowned, and 1 was executed for desertion. At least 232 men deserted during the war."

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+CORMIER, Louis Adolphe. 1Sgt. Jr2/2/1LT. CPT. Called Adolphe. Born 20 May 1841, Lafayette Parish. Son of Valery CORMIER (1800-70?) & Marguerite HEBERT (1809-1900) of Lafayette Parish. 1860 U.S. Census says he was literate. A farmer, single, resident of Washington, when he enlisted in Company C, 4 Jun 61, Camp Moore, age 20, as 1Sgt. [Gannon, p. 344, says as Orderly Sgt., which in the Civil War was the same rank as 1Sgt.]. Brasseaux, p. 62, says this company was "raised in St. Landry Parish by Acadians L. A. CORMIER and L. E. [E. T.?] CORMIER...." Present Jul-Oct 61, Orderly Sgt., 1 Sep-30 Oct 61, promoted to Jr2LT, 31 Oct 61 [promotion not in Booth; see Gannon, p. 344]. Present May-Aug 62, promoted 2LT from Jr2LT, 6 May 62 [Gannon, p. 344, says 26 May], promoted 1LT from 2LT, 1 Jul 62. Date of promotion from 1LT to CPT not given in Booth; Gannon, p. 344, says 17 Sep 62. Absent Sep-Oct 62, sick in hospital, no place given. Present Nov 62-Jun 63. MWIA, Gettysburg, PA, 2 Jul 63. Died Gettysburg, 3 Jul 63, age 22	View 4
View 5 View 6	A poignant account of his death is in Seymour, p. 76n: "... CORMIER was shot in the stomach while leading his company against Cemetery Hill. The next day several Gettysburg women came to the barn used as Hays's field hospital to help with the Confederate wounded. They were touched by CORMIER, and he asked them to come by later to see him die. They did, and he thanked them before passing away." Gannon, p. 201, using Seymour as his source, elaborates: "The wounded were carried to a nearby barn which served as a field hospital for Hays' Brigade, where they were tended to the next day by several women of Gettysburg. Among them was Captain CORMIER, who was dying of a painful stomach wound. He was a young handsome man, less than 20 years of age, whose suffering attracted the attention of the sympathetic ladies. The young captain told them that he knew he had only hours to live and asked them to stop by later in the day 'to see him die'.
About noon, they gathered round him again. CORMIER told them of his mother and two sisters at home, whom he wished were with him, and asked the ladies to kiss him good-bye--which they did, one by one, as he took his final breaths." Buried Elizabeth Wible's farm, "back of barn," Shealer Road, 2 miles northeast of Gettysburg, Adams County, PA. Remains shipped by Dr. Rufus B. Weaver from Gettysburg to Richmond, VA, 10 Sep 1872, Box 3-265, re-interred, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, VA, Gettysburg Dead section. // 1850 U.S. Census, Western District, Lafayette Parish, LA, roll M432_232, p. 80 (30 Sep 50), household no. 310, Valery CORMIER, planter: Adolphe CORMIER; age 9, illiterate. 1860 U.S. Census, Opelousas (actually "Washington Corporation"), St. Landry Parish, LA, roll M653_424, p. 296 (4 Nov 60), household no. 248, E. Boncheze, druggist: A. CORMIER; age 19, literate, no occupation listed. Ancestry.com, Civil War Rolls: Louis A. CORMIER; rank in, 1Sgt., rank out, CPT. Booth, LA Confed. Soldiers, 2:444: Louis A. CORMIER.	View 7 View 8
Brasseaux, Acadian to Cajun, 62: L. A. CORMIER. Coco, Gettysburg's Confed. Dead, 48: Louis A. CORMIER; source for his burials. CSRC, Index: Louis A. CORMIER. Gannon, 6th LA Volunteers, 201, 344, 418: Louis A. CORMIER. Hébert, D., Southwest LA Records, 4:110: Louis CORMIER. OR Atlas, plate 95; location of Wible farm. Seymour, Memoirs, 76n, 158: Louis A. CORMIER. LA Confed. Burials: Louis A. CORMIER. Virginia Alonso-Tokarz, collateral descendant, who provided his middle name & correct identity. // Brother of Emile Thelismar CORMIER of this company; & Valery CORMIER of Company D, 18th Regiment Infantry, & Company K, 2nd Regiment Reserve Corps. 6th Louisiana Infantry Historical Sketch Nickname: Irish Brigade Organization: Organized at Camp Moore on May 23, 1861. Mustered into Confederate service with eight companies for the war and two for 12 months on June 4, 1861. Reorganized in May 1862. Field consolidation with the 5th and 7th Infantry Regiments from November 1865 to April 9, 1865. Surrendered at Appomattox Court House, Virginia on April 9, 1865. First Commander: Isaac G. Seymour, COL [killed June 27, 1862] Field Officers: George W. Christy, MAJ [dropped May 9, 1862]; Joseph Hanlon, MAJ [September 17, 1862], LTC [November 7, 1862]; Samuel L. Jones [James], MAJ [resigned December 1, 1861]; Louis Lay, LTC [resigned February 13, 1862]; Arthur McArthur, Jr., MAJ [May 9, 1862; killed May 25, 1862]; William H. Manning, MAJ [November 7, 1862]; William Monaghan, MAJ [June 27, 1862], LTC [September 17, 1862], COL [November 7, 1862; killed August 28, 1864]; Nathaniel G. Offutt, MAJ [May 25, 1862], LTC [June 27, 1862], COL [September 17, 1862; resigned November 7, 1862]; Henry B. Strong, LTC [February 18, 1862], COL [June 27, 1862; killed September 17, 1862] Assignments: Alexandria Line (Jun 61); Ewell's Brigade, Army of the Potomac (Jun-Jul 61); Ewell's Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac (Jul 61); W.H.T. Walker's-Taylor's Brigade, 1st Corps, Army of the Potomac (Jul-Oct 61); 1st Louisiana Brigade, 1st Corps, Potomac District, Department of Northern Virginia (Oct-Nov 61); 1st Louisiana Brigade, E.K. Smith's Division, 1st Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (Nov 61-Feb 62); 1st Louisiana Brigade, E.K. Smith's-Ewell's Division, Department of Northern Virginia (Feb-May 62); 1st Louisiana Brigade, Ewell's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (May-Jun 62); 1st Louisiana Brigade, Ewell's-Early's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (Jun 62-May 64); Consolidated Louisiana Brigade, Early's-Gordon's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (May-Jun 64); Consolidated Louisiana Brigade, Gordon's Division, Valley District, Department of Northern Virginia (Jun-Dec 64); Consolidated Louisiana Brigade, Gordon's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia (Dec 64-Apr 65) Battles: 1st Manassas (July 21, 1861); Shenandoah Valley Campaign (May-June 1862); Front Royal [in reserve] (May 23, 1862); Middletown (May 24, 1862); 1st Winchester (May 25, 1862); Mount Carmel (June 1, 1862); Cross Keys (June 8-9, 1862); Port Republic (June 9, 1862); Seven Days Battles (June 25-July 1, 1862); Hundley's Corner (June 26, 1862); Gaines' Mill (June 27, 1862); Malvern Hill (July 1, 1862); Cedar Mountain (August 9, 1862); Bristoe Station (August 26, 1862); Kettle Run (August 27, 1862); 2nd Manassas (August 28-30, 1862); Chantilly (September 1, 1862); Sharpsburg (September 17, 1862); Fredericksburg (December 13, 1862); Rappahannock River, near Fredericksburg (April 29, 1863); Chancellorsville (May 1-4, 1863); Marye's Heights (May 3, 1863); Salem Church (May 4, 1863); 2nd Winchester (June 14-15, 1863); Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863); Bristoe Campaign (October 1863); Rappahannock Station (November 7, 1863); Mine Run Campaign (November-December 1863); The Wilderness (May 5-6, 1864); Spotsylvania Court House (May 8-21, 1864); North Anna (May 23-26, 1864); Cold Harbor (June 1-3, 1864); Lynchburg Campaign (May-June 1864); Monocacy (July 9, 1864); 3rd Winchester (September 19, 1864); Fisher's Hill (September 22, 1864); Cedar Creek (October 19, 1864); Petersburg Siege [from December] (June 1864-April 1865); Hatcher's Run (February 5-7, 1865); Fort Stedman (March 25, 1865); Sayler's Creek (April 6, 1865); Appomattox Court House (April 9, 1865) From Bergeron, La. Confed. Units, 85-87: "This regiment, which was organized June 4, 1861, at Camp Moore with 916 men, went to Virginia. The regiment was guarding supplies and did not participate in the Battle of 1st Manassas, July 21. Several days later, the regiment was brigaded with the 7th, 8th, and 9th Louisiana regiments and the 1st Louisiana Special Battalion. After spending the winter near Centerville and Orange Court House, the brigade joined Stonewall Jackson's army in the Shenandoah Valley in the spring of 1862. The regiment was in reserve at Front Royal on May 23 but skirmished with the enemy at Middletown the next day, capturing two enemy flags. At the Battle of Winchester, May 25, the regiment helped drive back the Federals. The regiment fought in the Battle of Port Republic, June 9; 66 of its men were killed or wounded. The men skirmished with the enemy at Hundley's Corner on the night of June 26 and participated in the Battle of Gaines' Mill on June 27. [Malvern Hill, July 1?] Marching with Jackson's Corps into northern Virginia, the regiment fought at Bristoe Station, August 26; at Kettle Run, August 27; at 2nd Manassas, August 29-30; and at Chantilly, September 1. The men saw heavy fighting in the Battle of Sharpsburg, September 17; 52 were killed or wounded. In the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, the regiment was in reserve and suffered only a few casualties from enemy artillery fire. With the 5th Louisiana Infantry, the men disputed the Federal crossing of the Rappahannock River below Fredericksburg on April 29, 1863. On May 3, the regiment was driven from Marye's Heights and had 27 men captured. The regiment participated in the Battle of Salem Church, May 4. On June 14, the regiment helped drive the enemy back from Winchester. The men assisted in the attack that routed the Federal [Eleventh] Corps at Gettysburg on July 1. The next afternoon they participated in an attack on Cemetery Hill; 53 of them were killed, wounded, or missing. Returning to Virginia, the regiment fought in the Bristoe Station Campaign, October 9-22. The Federals overran the brigade at Rappahannock Station on November 7 and captured 89 men of the regiment. In the spring of 1864 campaign, the remnants of the regiment fought at the Wilderness, May 5, and at Spotsylvania, May 9-19. On May 12, the brigade helped repulse the Federal attack at the Mule Shoe that had overrun the army's other Louisiana brigade. The brigade accompanied General Jubal Early's army to the Shenandoah Valley and participated in all of the battles fought there from June to October. By November, the regiment's strength was so low that the regiment was consolidated into one company with the remnants of the 5th and 7th Louisiana regiments. The men joined the Army of Northern Virginia at Petersburg and saw action at Hatcher's Run, February 6, 1865, and at Fort Stedman, March 25. When the army surrendered at Appomattox, on April 9, only 4 officers and 48 enlisted men remained on duty. Approximately 1,146 men served in the regiment during the war; 219 were killed in battle, 104 died of disease, 5 were killed in accidents, 1 drowned, and 1 was executed for desertion. At least 232 men deserted during the war."

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