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Battle of Henderson's Hill

Confederate Commander

Col. William G. Vincent

Casualties:

Captured: 713

March 21, 1864

Boyce, Louisiana

Union Victory

Also Called Bayou Rapides

Part of the Red River Campaign

Union Commander

Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower

Confederate Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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Gen. E. Kirby Smith

Trans Mississippi Department

Lieut. Edward Cunningham

Aide-de-Camp

Chief of Artillery

Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor

Commander, District of West Louisiana

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Battlefield Trust

Fort Henderson

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Union Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

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Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 686

Dimitry, John. "Louisiana." Confederate Military History, Volume X Part 1. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing,, 1899. rpt.

          National Historical Society, 2008. p 126-134

Irwin, Richard B. "The Red River Campaign." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume IV Part I. Robert

          Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National Historical Society,

          2006. p 345-362

Smith, E. Kirby. "The Defense of the Red River." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume IV Part I.

          Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National Historical

          Society, 2006. p 369-374

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