Alfred Mouton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Confederate Army general
Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1829
Place of Birth: Opelousas, Louisiana, United States
Date of Death: 08-Apr-1864
Profession: military personnel
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Alfred Mouton
- Jean-Jacques-Alfred-Alexandre "Alfred" Mouton (February 18, 1829 – April 8, 1864) was a Confederate general in the American Civil War.
- Although trained at West Point, he soon resigned his commission to become a civil engineer and then a sugarcane grower, while also serving as a brigadier general in the Louisiana State Militia. On the outbreak of the Civil War, he commanded the 18th Louisiana Infantry Regiment, where he proved a strict disciplinarian who was also notably friendly and sociable with the rank and file.
- Wounded at Shiloh, he was made a brigade commander under General Richard Taylor, with whom he successfully obstructed Union efforts to secure the Bayou Teche region of southern Louisiana.
- In the Red River Campaign, Mouton was killed at the Battle of Mansfield, while leading his men in a cavalry charge.
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