Battle of Sabine Crossroads
Confederate Commander
Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor
Forces Engaged: 8,800 to 9,000
Total Casualties: 1,000
April 8, 1864
DeSoto Parish, Louisiana
Confederate Victory
Also Called the Battle of Mansfield
Part of the Red River Campaign
Confederate Officers
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Maj. Gen. John George Walker
Brig. Gen. Thomas N. Ward
Brig. Gen. Horace Randal
Brig. Gen. William R. Scurry
Brig. Gen. Alfred Mouton
Brig. Gen. Camille de Polignac
Brig. Gen. James Camp Tappan
Brig. Gen. Mosby Monroe Parsons
Brig. Gen. Hamilton P. Bee
Brig. Gen. Xavier Debray
Brig. Gen. Arthur P. Bagby, Jr.
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Battlefield Trust
Mansfield - Stonewall's Posthumous Victory
Mansfield - First & Second Phase April 8, 1861
Mansfield - Third Phase April 8, 1861
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HistoryNet
Collision at Sabine Crossroads during the Red River Campaign
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Warfare History Network
The Disastrous Red River Campaign
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Brettschulte.net
Counting Confederates at the Battle of Mansfield
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New York Times
June 30, 1864
From New Orleans; Our Wounded at Sabine Crossroads
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More-History.com
What Happened in the Battle of Mansfield?
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Civil War Atlas Map - Plate 50-6
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Union Commander
Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks
Forces Engaged: 12,000
Killed: 113
Wounded: 581
Captured or Missing: 1,541
Total Casualties: 2,235
Union Officers
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Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin
Brig. Gen. Thomas E. G. Ransom
Brig. Gen. Robert A. Cameron
Brig. Gen. William H. Emory
Brig. Gen. William Dwight
Brig. Gen. James W. McMillan
Brig. Gen.. Cuvier Grover
Brig. Gen. Henry Warner Birge
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