General Mouton's Regiment

This is the history of the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment in the War Between the States. The regiment fought at the Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee and then the Bayou Lafourche Campaign of 1862; the Bayou Teche Campaign of 1863; and the Red River Campaign of 1864, all in Louisiana. Brig. Gen. Alfred Mouton, one of the most charismatic military leaders in the Confederacy, organized the regiment and led it through the War for Southern Independence, from Shiloh to Mansfield.The author, Michael Dan Jones, has also written "The Tiger Rifles: The Making of a Louisiana Legend."