Army of Western Louisiana facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Army of Western Louisiana
Active	–May 26, 1865
Country	Confederate States of America
Allegiance	Louisiana
Branch	Confederate States Army
Type	Field army
Disbanded	Surrendered May 26, 1865
Commanders
Notable commanders	Richard Taylor John G. Walker

The Army of Western Louisiana was a part of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. It fought in all the major engagements during Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks' campaign to capture Port Hudson, Louisiana. For much of its existence, it served under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor. Perhaps its crowning achievement was its victory in April 1864 at the Battle of Mansfield.

On June 17, 1864, Maj. Gen. John G. Walker was ordered to relieve General Taylor of command of the Army of Western Louisiana, as Taylor had been promoted to lieutenant general and sent to the larger Army of Tennessee. In September and October 1864, the infantry of the Army of Western Louisiana campaigned in southern Arkansas. The army surrendered along with all the troops of the Trans-Mississippi Theater on May 26, 1865.

Composition

District of West Louisiana - April 1863

Major General Richard Taylor

• Mouton's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Jean Jacques Alfred Alexander Mouton
  • 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment - Colonel Armand
  • 28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment - Colonel Henry Gray
  • 24th Louisiana Infantry Regiment (Crescent Regiment) - Colonel Bosworth
  • 10th Louisiana Infantry Bataillon (Yellow Jacket Bataillon) - Lieutenant Colonel Fournet
  • 12th Louisiana Infantry Bataillon (Clack's Bataillon / Confederate Guard Response Bataillon)
  • Pelican Battery - Captain Faries
  • Cornay's Battery - Lieutenant Gordy
  • Semmes' Battery - Lieutenant Barnes
• Sibley's Brigade - Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley
  • 4th Texas Cavalry Regiment - Colonel James Reily
  • 5th Texas Cavalry Regiment - Colonel Thomas Green
  • 7th Texas Cavalry Regiment - Colonel Arthur Bagby
  • 13th Texas Cavalry Bataillon (Waller's Bataillon)
  • Valverde Battery - Captain Sayer
• Unattached
  • 2nd Louisiana Cavalery Regiment - Colonel Vincent

Taylor's Army of Western Louisiana - March 1864
Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor

Mouton's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Alfred Mouton

18th Louisiana

28th Louisiana

Consolidated Crescent Regiment

Gross Tete (Louisiana) Flying Artillery

Valverde (Texas) Artillery

Polignac's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Camille Armand Jules Marie, Prince de Polignac

15th Texas

17th Texas Consolidated

22nd Texas Cavalry (dismounted)

31st Texas Cavalry (dismounted)

34th Texas Cavalry (dismounted)

Cavalry
Brig. Gen. Thomas Green

Lane's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Walter P. Lane

1st Texas Partisan Rangers

2nd Texas Partisan Rangers

2nd Regiment, Arizona Brigade

3rd Regiment, Arizona Brigade

Arizona Scouts (company)

McMahan's (Texas) Artillery

Bagby's Brigade
Brig. Gen. Arthur P. Bagby

4th Texas Cavalry

5th Texas Cavalry

7th Texas Cavalry

13th Texas Cavalry Battalion

McAnnelly's Scouts (company)

Moseley's (Texas) Artillery