After doing much research from Ancestry.com and other historical Civil War websites, I discovered my great great great grandfather was a part of the 1st Louisiana Regiment Calvary during the Civil War. However, his regiment was supposedly on the Union's side and was not Confederate. It should be known that he lived in Louisiana his whole life and most of my family is from the state.This is confusing to me because Louisiana was of course a southern state so I am wondering how it could be possible that a union regiment came about from a southern state? Is this even possible or am I reading it wrong? There was a separate 1st Louisiana Calvary Regiment CSA as well so it appears as though there was a Louisiana regiment fighting for the union. Were these men confederate seperatists from Louisiana? Were they paid or even acknowleged by the United States government during the war?