Louisiana Civil War historian and author Art Bergeron called Staffords Guards "One of the most distinguished Louisiana units in the war." The group of central Louisiana men was almost totally destroyed in its path of some of the harshest battles of the Civil War. The Guards were named after its commander and cofounder, Leroy Augustus Stafford of Bayou Bouef. He led the men three years before he gave his own life in battle. Commanders of Stafford Guards Leroy A. Stafford, promoted to Colonel April 24, 1862 W. T. Cummings, killed May 4, 1863 at Battle of Salem Church, 2nd Fredericksburg A. C....