title: Army of Western Louisiana
text: # Army of Western Louisiana
  
  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
  