earlier infantry regiments having the same number: the powerful feelings of members of the new regiments of a shared heritage with their counterparts in older regiments with the same number were recognized and officially enshrined. I. History of certain regiments. – Section IV, Bulletin No. 8, War Department, 1923, relating to the foregoing subject is rescinded; but battle honors that may have been awarded to any of the first seven regiments of Infantry in compliance with the provisions thereof will not be now withdrawn. An interesting reflection of this dispute will be described in more detail in the discussion of the Distinctive Unit Insignia of the 7th Infantry Regiment, in which the DUI commemorates events in the histories of the old 7th Infantry Regiment, which is not in the lineages of the current 7th Infantry. 1st Infantry Campaigns: Canada, Lundy's Lane, New Orleans, Alabama 1814, Florida 1814, Alabama 1815, Louisiana 1815 The 1st Infantry was constituted on March 3, 1791, as the 2nd Infantry and organized in New England. It was redesignated in 1792 as the 2nd Sub-Legion and on October 31, 1796, as the 2nd Infantry. The 2nd Infantry was consolidated during May–October, 1815, with the 3rd and 7th Infantry (both constituted on April 12, 1808) and the 44th Infantry (constituted on January 29, 1813) to form the new 1st Infantry. Actions of the old 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 44th Infantry during the War of 1812 2nd Infantry: 1814, Fort Bowyer; 1815, Fort Bowyer; 3rd Infantry: 1813, Econochaca (Creek War); 1814, Pensacola; 7th Infantry: 1812, Fort Harrison, Lake Peoria Expedition; 1814, Prairie du Chien, Rock River, Villeré's Plantation; 1815, New Orleans, Fort St. Philip; and 44th Infantry: 1814, Pensacola, Villeré's Plantation; 1815, New Orleans. Two active battalions of the present-day 1st Infantry are derived from companies of the old 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 44th Infantry Regiments: 1-1 Inf and 2-1 Inf. 1-1 Inf Campaigns (earned): Alabama 1815 The 1st Battalion, 1st Infantry traces its origin to a company in the 2nd Infantry constituted on March 3, 1791, and organized in New England. This company was redesignated as a company in the Infantry of the 2nd Sub-Legion in 1792, and then redesignated again on October 31, 1796, as a company of the 2nd Infantry. During May–October 1815, it was consolidated with a companies of the 3rd and 7th Infantry Regiments (both constituted on April 12, 1808) and a company of