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2 giorni fa · The Federals crossed the river over the next two days, and when they took away their bridges, the Confederates were left with no way to cross and had to turn back. This ended the failed Red River campaign. Since its beginning in March, Banks’s Federals had sustained 5,545 total casualties (5,245 army and 300 navy).
3 giorni fa · His company had barely gotten back to camp after surviving the brutal combat of the Battle of Sabine Cross Roads during the Union’s 1864 Red River Campaign across Louisiana when his men were expected to suck it up, turn around and march back toward the enemy for what would ultimately turn into the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana later that day—9 April 1864.
4 giorni fa · Civil War Battles for the Year 1864. From Bull Run to Chattanooga, the Union armies had fought their battles without benefit of either a grand strategy or a supreme field commander. During the final year of the war the people of the North grew restless, and as the election of 1864 approached, many of them advocated a policy of making peace with ...
6 giorni fa · Battaglia di Gettysburg – Luglio 1863. Assedio di Vicksburg – Maggio-Luglio 1863. Battaglia di Chickamauga – Settembre 1863. Battaglia di Atlanta – Luglio-Settembre 1864. Assedio di Petersburg – Giugno 1864 – Aprile 1865. Battaglia di Mobile Bay – Agosto 1864. Battaglia di Appomattox Court House – Aprile 1865. I Generali della guerra di secessione.
7 mag 2024 · Christened “Bailey’s Dam” in reference to the Union officer who designed and oversaw its construction, Lieutenant-Colonel Joseph Bailey, this timber dam was built by the Union Army on the Red River near Alexandria, Louisiana in May 1864 to facilitate Union gunboat passage (U.S. Library of Congress, public domain; click to enlarge).
27 apr 2024 · Loading... Confederates continue to harass the Federals retreating down the Red River in Louisiana. David D. Porter’s Federal naval flotilla reaches Alexandria, Louisiana, but it still faces potential destruction as the Red River continues falling.
3 giorni fa · May 16, 1864 in Mansura, Louisiana - As Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's Red River Expeditionary Force retreated down Red River, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor attempted to slow the Union troops' movements and, if possible, deplete their numbers or, better yet, destroy them.
