2nd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry

The 2nd Louisiana Regiment Native Guard Infantry was a regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Native Guard
The Regiment was organized in New Orleans, Louisiana in October, 1862, and assigned to the defenses of New Orleans to December 1862. It operated in Louisiana until January 1863 when the it was sent to Ship Island, Mississippi.

Corps d'Afrique
The designation of the Regiment was changed to 2nd Regiment, Corps d' Afrique on June 6, 1863 and was on garrison duty at Ship Island from June 1863, to April 1864.

74th United States Colored Troops
The Regiment designation was changed to 74th United States Colored Troops on April 4, 1864 and was attached to defenses of New Orleans until October, 1864. The regiment participated in an expedition from Fort Pike to Pearl River September 9–12, 1864 and detachments on an expedition from Fort Pike to Bayou Bonforica January 31-February 1, 1865 and from Fort Pike to Bayou St. Louis March 28–30.

The Regiment remained on garrison at Ship Island and mustered out on October 11, 1865.