28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment

**28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment**
28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
	Henry Gray was the regiment's first colonel. He was later promoted brigadier general.
Active	May 1862 – May 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Louisiana
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Infantry
Size	Regiment (902 men, May 1862)
Organized at	Camp Bisland, Louisiana
Engagements	American Civil War Battle of Irish Bend; Battle of Stirling's Plantation; Red River Campaign; Defense of Louisiana;
Commanders
Notable; commanders	Col. Henry Gray; Col. Thomas W. Pool

The 28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment from Louisiana that served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It was also known as Gray's Regiment to differentiate it from the 28th (Thomas') Louisiana Infantry Regiment, which was also numbered as 29th. Raised in 1862 it served in the Trans-Mississippi Theater and along the Gulf Coast until it disbanded in 1865.

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