So, Who was Confederate General Alfred Mouton?

 I wrote about this man in my Civil War II blog as he has a statue in front of the Lafayette Parish courthouse in Louisiana that certain people want removed.  I have heard about him, but that is about all.  The article had this to say about him.

Alfred Mouton was the son of the 9th governor of Louisiana, attended the United States Military Academy at West Point and later returned to Lafayette where he became a landowner and, of course, slaveowner.  He supported the parish's laws limiting the assembly of Blacks and their ability to move around.

He was killed at the Battle of Mansfield in 1864.

The Alfred Mouton charter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy donated the statue to the city in 1922

--Old Secesh

Samuel Briggs Todd of the Crescent Regiment-- Part 2

The two mainstays of Mouton's Brigade were the 18th and 24th (Crescent) Louisiana regiments.

These two regiments were brigaded together at Corinth during the Confederate buildup before the Battle of Shiloh.  They were a part of Col. Preston Pond's  Brigade and fought at the Battle of Shiloh together.

Following Shiloh, the two regiments took part in the Siege of Corinth and accompanied the army in its retreat to Tupelo.  From there, they eventually made it back to Louisiana

The 24th Louisiana disbanded at the conclusion of their 90 day enlistment in June.  It reorganized under Richard Taylor in southern Louisiana.

During this time, Alfred Mouton was recovering from a facial wound he received at the Battle of Shiloh.

--Old Secesh

Samuel Briggs Todd of the Crescent Regiment-- Part 1: A Confusing Regiment in Mouton's Brigade

From the National Park Service Battle Unit Details and Civil War Louisiana sites.

The Crescent Regiment was organized by men from New Orleans and entered Confederate service in May 1861.

The unit fought at the Battle of Shiloh and reported 23 killed, 84 wounded and 20 missing.

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The Crescent regiment was also the 24th Louisiana Infantry Regiment.

They were part of the Alfred Mouton Brigade, later the Mouton-Gray Brigade.  Mouton's Brigade consisted of, off and on,  the 18th Louisiana, 24th Louisiana and the 28th Louisiana.  It gets somewhat confusing with units in the brigade also called  10th Louisiana Battalion (Yellow Jacket Battalion),  11th Louisiana Battalion, 12th Louisiana Battalion ( Confederate Guards Response Battalion) and 33rd Louisiana  Regiment.

Also you might come across the Consolidated 18th Louisiana Regiment and Yellow Jacket Battalion and the Consolidated Crescent Regiment.

Like the man said, very confusing.

--Old Secesh