#1022 DUG CONFEDERATE ULTRA REAR COLONEL WILLIAM VINCENTS LA 2ND CAVALRY BRIGADE

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-DUG CONFEDERATE ULTRA REAR COLONEL WILLIAM VINCENTS LA 2ND CAVALRY BRIGADE
CRESCENT MOON WITH THE NO.2
ONE LOOP PIN STILL INTACT ON THE BACK
DUG AT MANSFIELD LA
Companies
F&S
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
K
From Sifakis,
Compendium of C.S. Armies Louisiana
, 48-49
Organization
Organized by the increase of Breazeale’s Cavalry Battalion, Partisan Rangers, to a regiment ca. September 1, 1862. Surrendered by General E.K. Smith, commanding Trans-Mississippi Department, on May 26, 1865.
First Commander
William G. VINCENT, COL
Field Officers
James D. Blair, MAJ January 14, 1863, LTC January 13, 1864 resigned April 10, 1865 Winter W. Breazeale, MAJ, LTC January 14, 1863 resigned January 13, 1864 W. Overton Breazeale, MAJ January 13, 1864, LTC April 10, 1865 S.C. Furman, MAJ April 10, 1865 James M. Thompson, MAJ; James A. McWaters, LTC killed January 14, 1863
Assignments
Unattached, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department Sep 62-Apr 63 Green’s Cavalry Brigade, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department Jun-Nov 63 Unattached, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department Nov 63-May 64 VINCENT’s Cavalry Brigade, District of West Louisiana, Trans-Mississippi Department Aug-Sep 64 VINCENT’s Cavalry Brigade, 1st Corps, Trans-Mississippi Department Sep-Oct 64 1st VINCENT’s-Brent’s Louisiana Cavalry Brigade, 1st Louisiana Cavalry Division, 1st Corps, Trans-Mississippi Department Dec 64-May 65
Battles
Donaldsonville September 21-25, 1862 Georgia Landing, near Labadieville October 27, 1862 Bayou Teche  January 14, 1863 Fort Bisland in reserve April 13-14, 1863 Irish Bend April 14, 1863 Brashear City detachment June 23, 1863 Red River Campaign March-June 1864 Henderson’s Hill March 21, 1864 Mansfield April 8, 1864
From Bergeron,
LA Confed. Units
, 42-43
This regiment was formed about September 1, 1862, near Donaldsonville by merger of Breazeale's Battalion and five independent companies. On Setember 25, potions of the regiment engaged a small enemy force on Bayou Lafourche several miles below Donaldsonville and drove it back to its gunboats. The men again fought the Federals in the Battle of Labadieville, October 27 and retreated with the Confederate army to near Patterson on Bayou Teche. The men skirmished with the enemy during the closing days of 1862 and fought unsuccessfully to defend the gunboat Cotton on Bayou Teche, January 14, 1863. The regiment acted as a reserve force and picketed the shore of Grand Lake during the Battle of Bisland. April 12-13. On April 14, the regiment played a major role in  the Battle of Irish Bend. The men helped perform rear guard duty during the retreat of General Richard Taylor's army from Franlin to Alexandria. When Taylor's army moved back into south Louisiana in June, the regiment was on the vanguard.
A detachment of the regiment assisted in capturing the Union garrison at Bashear City on June 23. Through the late summer and fall of 1863 the men performed picket duty and scout duty along Bayou Teche and conducted several campaigns against Jayhawkers and deserters in the southwest Louisiana prairies, the regiment was almost constantly engaged with enemy forces during the unsuccessful Federal campaign toward Opelousas in October and November 1863. Through the winter of 1863-64, the regiment remained near St.Martinville to watch the enemy at Beashear City and guard the lower Atchafalaya River.  The Federal advance toward Alexandria in March 1864, slowly pushed the regiment back past that town. On the night of March 21, at Hederson's Hill, the regiment and Texas artillery battery were surprised and overrun, losing 200 prisoners 100 from the 2nd Cavalry
The men fought dismounted in the Battle of
Mansfield
,
April 8
. Several days later, General Taylor ordered the regiment and the
7th Louisiana Cavalry
into
south Louisiana
to drive out small enemy garrisons and to clear the region of
Jayhawkers
. The regiment returned to Taylor’s army in time to participate in several skirmishes at the end of the
Red River
Campaign. From the
summer of 1864 until the end of the war
, the regiment operated in
south Louisiana
. The men performed picket, outpost, and scout duty along the
Atchafalaya River
and
Bayou Teche
and conducted occasional raids into the
Bayou Lafourche
region. War’s end found the remnants of the regiment in camp near
Natchitoches
. Some of the men received their paroles there; others surrendered at
Opelousas
and
Washington
."