Rebels on the Red: Confederates of the Red River Campaign: 150th anniversary: 1864 March - May 2014 Portraits in Uniform (150th Anniversary of the Civil War in Louisiana)

Over 50 portraits of Confederates dressed in uniform are included in this short illustrated history of the Red River Campaign. The Red River Campaign Spring, 1864 AVOYELLES PARISH March 11 – Yankees cross Atchafalaya at Simmesport  March 13 - Boute de Bayou skirmish near Moreauville March 14 – Confederate Fort DeRussy is captured  RAPIDES PARISH March 16-20 –Union troops occupy Alexandria  March 21 – Skirmish at Henderson Hill  NATCHITOCHES PARISH March 31 – Union troops occupy Natchitoches  April 2 – Skirmish at Crump’s Corner  April 3 – Union captures Port of Grand Ecore  DESOTO PARISH April 7 – Skirmishes at Wilson’s Farm & Tenmile Bayou  April 8 – Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield)  SABINE PARISH April 9 – Battle of Pleasant Hill  NATCHITOCHES PARISH April 10-21 -Union troops hold up at Grand Ecore  April 23 - Battle of Cloutierville & Monette’s Ferry  RAPIDES PARISH May 1 – Entire Union army back in Alexandria  May 7 – Union navy retires to Alexandria  May 11 -13 Bailey’s Dam built to free trapped ships  AVOYELLES PARISH May 4 - USS Covington & Warner sink at Dunn’s Bayou May 16 - Battle of Marksville May 17 – Battle of Mansura  May 18– Battle of Moreauville May 18 – Battle of Yellow Bayou  May 19- Union army re-crosses Atchafalaya and retreats to Baton Rouge