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Posted on 2/20/10 at 12:39 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
Posted on 2/20/10 at 12:39 pm to TigersOfGeauxld
You know, this is turning into a very interesting thread.
Please post more about the tiger battallion. I'd like to hear more.
I'd also like to hear about the elepahnts, I used to know that story but I cannot remember.
What about the barners?
Please post more about the tiger battallion. I'd like to hear more.
I'd also like to hear about the elepahnts, I used to know that story but I cannot remember.
What about the barners?
Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:42 pm to SLC
"Of all the units that took the field at the First Battle of Manassas in July 1861, none exceeded the flair and intensity of the 1st Louisiana Special Battalion, 'Wheat's Tigers.' Raised from the dregs of New Orleans, the Tigers, who were primarily Irish immigrant dockworkers, were as tough and resolute as their combative commander, Major Roberdeau Wheat....
...At least some of the men, especially those in Harris' Walker Guards, were also former filibusters who had served with Wheat in Nicaragua back in 1857. They mustered into service in their old filibuster uniforms–off-white cotton drill trousers, white canvas leggings, red flannel battle shirts and broad-brimmed, low-crowned straw hats. Once enlisted, the men also wrote provocative slogans–such as 'Lincoln's Life or a Tiger's Death,' 'Tiger by Nature' or 'Tiger in Search of Abe'–on their hat bands...
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"Perhaps one of the least known historical facts is the origin of the LSU’s famous mascot. “Fighting Tigers” was derived from Robert E Lee’s renowned battalion, the Louisiana Tigers. They were so ferocious during the battle that even fellow Confederate troops were reluctant to fight along side them."
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...At least some of the men, especially those in Harris' Walker Guards, were also former filibusters who had served with Wheat in Nicaragua back in 1857. They mustered into service in their old filibuster uniforms–off-white cotton drill trousers, white canvas leggings, red flannel battle shirts and broad-brimmed, low-crowned straw hats. Once enlisted, the men also wrote provocative slogans–such as 'Lincoln's Life or a Tiger's Death,' 'Tiger by Nature' or 'Tiger in Search of Abe'–on their hat bands...
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"Perhaps one of the least known historical facts is the origin of the LSU’s famous mascot. “Fighting Tigers” was derived from Robert E Lee’s renowned battalion, the Louisiana Tigers. They were so ferocious during the battle that even fellow Confederate troops were reluctant to fight along side them."
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Posted on 2/22/10 at 3:46 pm to SLC
Actually, the Tigers part came into play because part of Major Wheat's battalion of Louisiana infantry was a volunteer group that called themselves the "Tiger Rifles," if I remember what my grandpa told me right. They fought under Richard Taylor as part of Stonewall Jackson's army and were instrumental in Confederate victories. The name eventually spread to the entire brigade.
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