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Red River Campaign

Confederate Commander

Gen. E. Kirby Smith

Trans-Mississippi Department

March 10 thru May 22, 1864

Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater

Confederate Victory

Union Commander

Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks

Department of the Gulf

Confederate Officers

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Lieut. Gen. Richard Taylor

Maj. Gen. John George Walker

Brig. Gen. Thomas N. Waul

Brig. Gen. Horace Randal

Brig. Gen. William R. Scurry

Brig. Gen. Alfred Moulton

Brig. Gen. Camille de Polignac

Brig. Gen. James Camp Tappan

Brig. Gen. Mosby Monroe Parsons

Brig. Gen. John Bullock Clark

Brig. Gen. Thomas Green

Brig. Gen. Hamilton P Bee

Brig. Gen. Xavier Debray

Brig. Gen. James Patrick Major

Brig. Gen. Arthur P. Bagby, Jr.

Brig. Gen. William Steele

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Confederate Order of Battle

See Individual Battles

for Order of Battle

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Confederate Official Records

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Battle of Fort De Russy

March 14, 1864

Battle of Henderson's Hill

March 21, 1864

Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield)

April 8, 1864

Battle of Pleasant Landing

April 9, 1864

Battle of Blair's Landing

April 12, 1864

Battle of Monett's Ferry

April 23, 1864

Action of 26 - 27, 1864

Actions near Alexandria

April 24 thru May 13, 1864

Battle of Jenkin's Ferry

April 30, 1864

Battle of Yellow Bayou

May 18, 1864

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Union Officers

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Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin

Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand

Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin

Brig. Gen. Thomas E. G. Ransom

Brig. Gen. Robert A. Cameron

Brig. Gen. William H. Emory

Brig. Gen. Cuvier Grover

Brig. Gen. William Dwight

Brig. Gen. James W. McMillan

Brig. Gen. Henry Warner Birge

Brig. Gen. Albert L. Lee

Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Smith

Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower

Brig. Gen. T. Kilby Smith

Brig. Gen. Fitz Henry Warren

Brig. Gen. Michael K. Lawler

Brig. Gen. Richard Arnold

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Union Naval Forces

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Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter

Comdr. Robert Townsend

Lieut. Comdr. James A. Greer

Lieut. Comdr. J. G. Mitchell

Lieut. Comdr. Francis M. Ramsay

Lieut. Comdr. Elias K. Owen

Lieut. Comdr. A. R. Langthorne

Lieut. Comdr. Thomas O. Selfridge, Jr.

Lieut. Comdr. Kidder Breese

Lieut. Comdr. Byron Wilson

Lieut. Comdr. S. W. Terry

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Union Order of Battle

See Individual Battles

for Order of Battle

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Union Naval Order of Battle

See Individual Battles

for Order of Battle

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Union Official Records

Reports 1 through 46

Reports 47 through 92

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Union Naval Official Records

See Battle for Individual Records

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Boatner, Mark, M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 685-689

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          Historical Society, 2008. p 126 - 160

Harrell, John M. "Arkansas." Confederate Military History Vol X Part II. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing, 1899. rpt. National

          Historical Society, 2008. p 248 - 269

Irwin, Richard B. "The Red River Campaign." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. Battles and Leaders

          of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co. 1884-1887. National Historical Society, 2006. p

          345-361

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          Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co. 1884-1887. National Historical Society,

          2006. p 362-365

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          Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co. 1884-1887. National Historical Society,

          2006. p 369-373

"The Mississippi Flotilla in the Red River Campaign." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. Battles and

          Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co. 1884-1887. National Historical Society,

          2006. p 366

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          Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co. 1884-1887. National Historical Society, 2006. p 368

"The Opposing Forces in the Red River Campaign." Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. Battles and

          Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Vol. IV Part I. New York: Century Co. 1884-1887. National Historical Society,

          2006. p 367

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------------------- Generals in Gray Lives of the Confederate Commanders. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State, 1992.

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