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
References Battle of Mansfield Order of Battle