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Miligan Newton Patrick was borned 7 APR 1840 in Henry County GA. Miligan's parents were Littleberry and Anna Connell Patrick. Miligan was the seventh child in a family of fourteen children. In approximately 1853 the Littleberry The Patrick family decided to move West. After a short time in Neshoba County MS the family moved to the northern part of Louisiana and settled in the small town of Shiloh, located in Union Parish. With the out break of the Civil War, Miligan and two brothers enlisted and were assigned to Company E, 12th Louisiana Infantry. They immediately shipped out to Camp Moore. From there Miligan saw action at the siege of Vicksburg and the battle of Champion Hill, known by the Confederates as the Battle of Bakers's Creek. Miligan was captured and was paroled at the end of the war at Greensboro, NC in 1865.

He made his way home to Union parish where he married Martha Carnes on 21 DEC 1865.

Sometimes after 1867, Miligan and Martha moved to southwest LA and settled in the Vinton/Edgerly area. Miligan died on the 2 APR 1911 and was buried in Big Woods Cemetery.

There were five children borned to Miligan and Martha, one being Thomas Wiley Patrick, who was the first elected Marshal of the town of

Vinton.

Information provided by

Rev. Jerry Gilland; Great Grand Son contact: 337-786-3387

12th Louisiana Infantry

Information from

Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865

By Arthur W Bergeron, Jr.

Unit was organized at Camp Moore, Louisiana on 13 Aug 1861 with 704 men.
Only Louisiana Regiment with 12 companies
Were soon sent to Kentucky
November 1861 was in the area of Battle of Belmont, but did not participate in the battle.
Was sent to New Madrid and Island #10 where they repulsed attacks in early March 1862.
Moved to Fort Pillow on 17 March 1862 and withstood a 6 week bombardment.
Moved to Granada, Mississippi after the evacuation of Ft. Pillow.
Moved to Port Hudson for 10 days and then moved back to Granada.
Moved back to Port Hudson in February 1863.
April 63 - moved to join Army of Tennessee at Atlanta.
Immediately sent to Port Gibson, Mississippi to block Grierson's Raid, but too late.
16 May 1863 - fought in the Battle of Baker's Creek/Champion Hill.
Summer of 63 found them in Joseph E Johnston's Army at Jackson, Mississippi.
160 men of the 12th were caught in the siege at Vicksburg
They were in camps around Canton, Mississippi in the Fall and Winter of 63-64.
Moved around Mississippi and Alabama in the Spring of 64.
May of 64 they were moved to Resaca, Ga.
Participated in the Battles of Marietta, Kennesaw Mountain, Bethel Church, Peach Creek and Atlanta.
20 July 1864 they lost 70 men and colors at the Battle of Peach Creek.
30 Nov. 1864 the lost 80 men in the Battle of Franklin, Tennessee.
15-16 December participated in the Battle of Nashville and subsequent retreat to Tupelo, Mississippi.
19 March 1865 they participated in the Battle of Bentonville.
26 April 1865 the unit was surrendered at Greensboro, North Carolina.
The unit had lost 606 out of 1457 men at he end of the War of Northern Aggression.

I would like to thank everyone who attended the Memorial for Miligan N. Patrick. Even though it was sprinkling rain with intermediate showers, we had 6 rifles and two cannons with full crews! There were also around fifty family members who attended. KPLC TV also was there representing the local news media. Afterwards we were invited to join the family at the "Lions Club" to join the family for a wonderful meal! It was probably one of the BEST meals that I have had in a very long time.

I do have to commend our hosts. The family was the most gracious group of people. They could not thank us enough for doing the memorial service for their grandfather. They went so for as to "pass the hat" to pay for our expenses. We explained to them that we are the honored ones and do these memorials for the confederate veterans and if they did wish to "pass the hat" we would donate the money to Camp Moore to purchase a brick in the name of their honored ancestor. Well we had no idea that the total amount of money that was given would total over $350.00! They had enough money to have 7 bricks at Camp Moore. They were especially thrilled with the idea of Camp Moore especially since their ancestor had been there during the war for training. How befitting! It is warming to our hearts to have people who appreciate our efforts, honor their ancestors and graciously donate money!

For The South!

Larry and Lynn