During the Civil War patents were granted by the Confederate States of America. The original patents and models have been lost, but here is a list of patents granted to Louisiana Inventors between 1861 and 1864.

Click on the highlighted names to see U.S. Patents for this inventor.

For a complete list of Confederate Patents go to History of the United States Patent Office.

Index by Subject

Armant, Victor 1861/08/24 Apparatus for clarifying sugar cane juice
Barbarin, A. 1863/08/05 Torpedo
Barbarin, A. 1864/05/20 Torpedo
Bier, Charles C. 1863/05/26 Cotton tie
Blood, Hannibal S. 1861/10/24 Switches and turntables for horse railroads
Cowdon, John 1862/07/22 Vessel of war
Daly, John J. 1863/04/18 Instrument for measuring distances
Gotthiel, Ed. 1861/09/19 Percussion fuses
Hager, Abraham 1862/02/28 Bagasse furnace
Harvey, Richard M. 1864/10/05 Torpedo
McLeod, M. A. 1861/11/11 Apparatus for clarifying sugar cane juice
Pattison, John E. 1862/03/29 Apparatus for clarifying sugar cane juice
Smith, Gardner 1862/03/24 Rail for railroad curves
Stephens, B.B. 1862/02/15 Corn and cotton stalk cutter and puller
Tarleton, Marcus A. 1861/12/11 Cotton tie
Thompson, R.H.S. 1864/01/06 Projectile
Walker, Felix 1863/03/13 Mode of packing cotton
Wire, J.G. 1862/12/08 Machine for operating submarine batteries

Susan E. Hocker, Miami University Libraries. 03/13/02
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