You can procure his records through the service noted in the Red enclosed box above, he enlisted as W. T. Keen, age 34, in Captain Wm. B. Denson's Company of Unattached Louisiana Cavalry* May 3, 1862 at Shreveport, serving until they were surrendered at New Orleans, Louisiana May 26, 1865

* This company subsequently became Company A, 6th Regiment Louisiana Cavalry.

The regiment was first organized in the Trans-Mississippi Department during the winter of 1863-64, as Harrison's Battalion Louisiana Cavalry. It was later increased to a regiment by the addition of unattached companies and designated the 6th Regiment Louisiana Cavalry.

M320: Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers Who Served in Organizations from the State of Louisiana