the 2nd battalion, 156th infantry regiment was originally organized 9 and 17 may 1861 as the 2nd and 3rd louisiana volunteer infantry regiments and mustered into confederate service at new orleans. the 2nd louisiana volunteer infantry regiment surrendered on 9 april 1865 at appomattox, va, with the army of northern virginia; the 3d louisiana volunteer infantry regiment disbanded on 20 may 1865 at shreveport, la.