Regiments Organized from Madison Parish:
Milliken's Bend Guards
Madison Dragoons
Macon Cavaly
Madison Infantry
Madison Light Artilliery
Madison Company
Madison Tipperaries;
The Madison Tips, no doubt upset some local notions about foreign immigrants. It was made up of Irishman from Country Tipperary in Ireland. They had been working on the levee until May, 1861, when a shortage of levee funds threatened them with unemployment. They enlisted and formed the Madison Tips. The Tips are said to have been famous fighters who "relished a melee for its own sake." When not fighting the enemy, they fought each other. No doubt they proved to be fearsome soldiers.
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