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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March 14, 1864
March 21, 1864
Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield)
April 8, 1864
April 9, 1864
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
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
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Union Naval Official Records
See Battle for Individual Records
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