Army of Western Louisiana
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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.
[edit] Composition
Taylor's Army of Western Louisiana
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
- 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
- 4th Texas Cavalry
- 5th Texas Cavalry
- 7th Texas Cavalry
- 13th Texas Cavalry Battalion
- McAnnelly's Scouts (company)
- Moseley's (Texas) Artillery
[edit] References
| Armies of the Confederacy |
| Army of Mississippi | Army of Missouri | Army of New Mexico | Army of Northern Virginia | Army of the Potomac | Army of the Shenandoah | Army of Tennessee | Army of the Valley | Army of the West | Army of Western Louisiana |
