Lineage and Honors Information as of 1 August 2011
769th ENGINEER BATTALION
Organized in early 1861 in the Louisiana Military Force at Baton Rouge as the Baton Rouge Fencibles
Mustered into state service 30 May 1861 as Captain Andrew Herron’s Company, Baton Rouge Fencibles, 7th Louisiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Mustered into Confederate service 5 June 1861 as Company B, 7th Louisiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Pelican Regiment)
Surrendered 9 April 1865 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, with the Army of Northern Virginia
Reorganized in 1877 at Baton Rouge as the Baton Rouge Zouaves
Reorganized 30 March 1878 as part of the Special Militia Force
Disbanded in early 1880 at Baton Rouge
Reorganized 26 May 1883 at Baton Rouge as the Baton Rouge Light Guards
Reorganized 12 July 1883 in the Special Militia Force as Company A, St. John Battalion
Disbanded 13 March 1884 at Baton Rouge
Reorganized 20 April 1886 in the Special Militia Force at Baton Rouge as Company A, 1st Battalion of Infantry (also known as the Baton Rouge Fencibles or State Fencibles)
Disbanded 31 August 1891 at Baton Rouge
Reorganized in December 1891 in the Louisiana State National Guard at Baton Rouge as Company A, 1st Battalion of Infantry
Expanded, reorganized, and redesignated 17 March 1896 as Companies A and E, 1st Regiment of Infantry
Companies consolidated and mustered into Federal service 8-18 May 1898 at New Orleans as Company E, 1st Louisiana Volunteer Infantry; mustered out of Federal service
3 October 1898 at Jacksonville, Florida
Disbanded 31 January 1899 at Baton Rouge
Reorganized 13 October 1904 in the Louisiana State National Guard at Baton Rouge as Company M, 1st Regiment of Infantry
Disbanded 29 January 1908 at Baton Rouge
Reorganized 7 October 1908 in the Louisiana State National Guard at Baton Rouge as Company E, 1st Regiment of Infantry
(Louisiana State National Guard redesignated in 1910 as the Louisiana National Guard)
Company H and Band Detachment, 1st Regiment of Infantry, organized 10 April 1912 and 11 November 1913, respectively, in the Louisiana National Guard at Baton Rouge
Companies E and H and Band Detachment, 1st Regiment of Infantry, mustered into Federal service 25-29 June 1916 at Camp Stafford, Louisiana; mustered out of Federal service 25 September 1916 at Camp Stafford, Louisiana (Band Detachment concurrently reorganized as part of Headquarters Company, 1st Regiment of Infantry)
Headquarters Company and Companies E and H, 1st Regiment of Infantry, called into Federal service 10 April 1917 at Camp Nicholls, Louisiana; drafted into Federal service
5 August 1917 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana
Reorganized and redesignated 27 September 1917 as Headquarters Company and Companies E and H, 156th Infantry, respectively, elements of the 39th Division
(Company H broken up 31 October 1917)
Above units demobilized 23 January 1919 at Camp Beauregard, Louisiana
Former Baton Rouge companies consolidated, reorganized, and Federally recognized
6 July 1922 in the Louisiana National Guard at Baton Rouge as Headquarters Company, 156th Infantry, an element of the 39th Division
(156th Infantry relieved 1 July 1923 from assignment to the 39th Division and assigned to the 31st Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 6 December 1923 as the Howitzer Company, 156th Infantry
Reorganized and redesignated 1 December 1926 as Company A, 156th Infantry
Inducted into Federal service 25 November 1940 at Baton Rouge
(156th Infantry relieved 14 July 1942 from assignment to the 31st Division)
Inactivated 22 March 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Reorganized and Federally recognized 3 June 1947 in the Louisiana National Guard at Baton Rouge as an element of the 39th Infantry Division
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 June 1948 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 769th Antiaircraft Artillery Gun Battalion, and relieved from assignment to the 39th Infantry Division (organic elements organized and Federally recognized 18 June-
27 September 1948 in eastern Louisiana)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 October 1949 as the 769th Antiaircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons Battalion
Redesignated 1 October 1953 as the 769th Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 July 1959 as the 769th Signal Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 15 October 1961 at home stations; released from active Federal service 9 August 1962 and reverted to state control
Converted, reorganized, and redesignated 1 December 1967 as the 769th Engineer Battalion
Ordered into active Federal service 28 May 2002 at home stations; released from active Federal service 27 May 2003 and reverted to state control
Reorganized 1 September 2006 to consist of the Headquarters Company and the Support Company (Companies B and C concurrently reorganized and redesignated as the 1020th Engineer Company, and Detachment 2, 1021st Engineer Company, respectively--hereafter separate lineages)
Ordered into active Federal service 19 July 2007 at Baton Rouge; released from active Federal service 21 August 2008 and reverted to state control
HOME STATION: Baton Rouge
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
Civil War (Confederate service)
Peninsula
Second Manassas
Sharpsburg
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
Shenandoah
Appomattox
Virginia 1861
World War I
Streamer without inscription
World War II
Northern France
War on Terrorism
Iraq:
Iraqi Surge
(Additional campaigns
to be determined)
DECORATIONS
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2007-2008
Army Superior Unit Award, Streamer embroidered 1984
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History