Occasionally I’ve seen notes about a Confederate Civil War camp located at Girard (aka Girard Station), and often referred to as “Camp Taylor.” I think I’ve concluded that it did indeed exist. It appears to have been on the banks of Boeuf River near the railroad, and primarily served as a mobile hospital and staging area for the battles at Milliken’s Bend.

Almost all of the soldiers I found stationed there were from Arkansas. Several cases can be found of soldier deaths while there at Girard, as well as many desertions.

BROWN, J A (Joseph A. Brown) 
Private—Enlisted at Locust Grove, Arkansas, May 21, 1862; age 22; died at Camp Taylor, Girard Station, Louisiana, August 4, 1863; formerly served in 45th Regiment Arkansas Militia.

CLARK, HIRAM 
Private—Enlisted in Madison county, Arkansas, August 12, 1862; transferred from Adams’ Regiment, December 26, 1862; deserted at Girard Station, Louisiana, August 9, 1863.

EOFF, STEPHEN 
Third Lieutenant—Enlisted at Richwoods, Arkansas, July 6, 1862; age 21, born in Tennessee; deserted at Girard Station, Louisiana, August 9, 1863.

FRIEND, ELISHA 
Private—Enlisted in Izard county, Arkansas, July 6, 1862; age 15; died at Camp Taylor, Girard Station, Louisiana, August 26, 1863.

GIBSON, JAMES F 
Private—Enlisted at Camp Bragg, Arkansas, July 29, 1862; age 24; deserted at Girard Station, Louisiana, July 30, 1863.

GIBSON, T C Private—Enlisted at Locust Grove, Arkansas, May 21, 1862; age 26; deserted at Girard Station, Louisiana, July 30, 1863.

GUTHRIE, R W (Robert L. Guthrie) 
Private—Enlisted at Richwoods, Arkansas, July 6, 1862; age 21; deserted at Girard Station, Louisiana, August 9, 1863.

HAMBRICK, D W 
Private—Enlisted in Co. B, Adams’ Arkansas Regiment, in Carroll county, Arkansas, June 20, 1862; age 18; attached to this company at Camp Mazzard, Arkansas, December 17, 1862; died at Camp Taylor, Girard Station, Louisiana, August 3, 1863.

HORN, THOMAS 
Private—Enlisted at Smithville, Arkansas, September 13, 1862; deserted at Girard Station, Louisiana, August 9, 1863.
KERLEY, W G (William Garrett Kerley)

LANCASTER, JAMES M 
Private—Enlisted at Richwoods, Arkansas, July 6, 1862; age 21, born in Arkansas; reported as a deserter, October 31, 1862; deserted at Girard Station, Louisiana, August 9, 1863.

ODLE, JOHN 
Private—Enlisted at Locust Grove, Arkansas, May 21, 1862; age 29; deserted at Girard Station, Louisiana, July 30, 1863.

STRANGE, JAMES H 
Private—Enlisted in Co. C, Adams’ Arkansas Regiment, in Carroll county, Arkansas, June 29, 1862; age 33, born in South Carolina; attached to this company at Camp Mazzard, Arkansas, December 17, 1862; detailed in quartermaster department, February 28, 1863; died at Camp Taylor, Girard Station, Louisiana, July 31, 1863

TYLER, W G (William G. Tyler) 
Private—Enlisted in Independence county, Arkansas, August 27, 1862; appointed sergeant; died in hospital at Camp Taylor, Louisiana, July 30, 1863; formerly served in 7th Arkansas Infantry.

WILBURN, W J (William J. Wilburn) 
Private—Enlisted at Washington Barracks, Arkansas, July 21, 1862; age 19, born in Arkansas; discharged for disability at Girard Station, Louisiana, July 24, 1863.