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163 Series I Volume XXXIV-I Serial 61 - Red River Campaign Part I

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May 2-3, 1864. - Skirmishes at Bayour Pierre.

3, 1864. - Capture of the U. S. transport City Belle.

4-5, 1864. - Engagement at David's Ferry, destruction of the U. S. steamer Covington, and capture of the U. S. steamers Signal and Warner.

5, 1864. - Engagement at Dunn's Bayou.

Skirmish at Graham's Plantation.

Skirmish at Natchitoches.

6, 1864. - Skirmish at Boyce's Plantation.

Skirmish at Wells' Plantation.

6-7, 1864. - Skirmishes at Bayou Lamourie.

7, 1864. - Skirmish at Bayou Boeuf.

8, 1864. - Skirmish at Bayou Robert.

12, 1864. - Skirmish at Bayou Lamourie.

13, 1864. - Union fleet passes the falls at Alexandria, and Banks' column in retreat to the Mississippi River.

14, 1864. - Skirmish at Wilson's Landing.

15, 1864. - Skirmish at Avoyelles, or Marksville, Prairie.

16, 1864. - Engagement at Mansura (Belle Prairie, or Smith's Plantation).

17, 1864. - Action near Moreauville.

Skirmish at Yellow Bayou.

18, 1864. - Engagement at Yellow Bayou (Bayou De Glaize, Norwood's Plantation, or Old Oaks).

19, 1864. - The Union forces cross the Atchafalaya.

21-22, 1864. - The detachment from Army of the Tennessee re-embarks for Vicksburg, Miss.

REPORTS, ETC.*


Numbers 1. - Abstract from returns, and rosters of the U. S. troops composing the Red River Expedition, Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, U. S. Army, commanding, for March 31 and April 30, 1864.


Numbers 2. - Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, U. S. Army, commanding expedition and Department of the Gulf.


Numbers 3. - Lieutenant Colonel John G. Chandler, U. S. Army, Acting Chief Quartermaster.


Numbers 4. - Captain Frank W. Marston, U. S. Signal Corps, Chief Signal Officer.


Numbers 5. - Colonel George D. Robinson, Ninety-seventh U. S. Colored Troops, commanding Engineer Brigade.


Numbers 6. - Lieutenant Colonel Uri B. Pearsall, Ninety-ninth U. S. Colored Troops.


Numbers 7. - Major General William B. Franklin, U. S. Army, commanding the Nineteenth and detachment of the Thirteenth Army Corps, of operations April 6-25.


Numbers 8. - Brigadier General Thomas E. G. Ransom, U. S. Army, commanding detachment of the Thirteenth Army Corps, of operations April 6-8.


Numbers 9. - Brigadier General Robert A. Cameron, U. S. Army, commanding Third Division and detachment of the Thirteenth Army Corps, of operations April 6-23.


Numbers 10. - Brigadier General Michael K. Lawler, U. S. Army, commanding detachment of the Thirteenth Army Corps, of operations May 1-22.


Numbers 11. - Itinerary of the Artillery Brigade, Thirteenth Army Corps, for months of March, April, and May.


Numbers 12. - Lieutenant Henry Roe, Chicago (Illinois) Mercantile Battery, of operations March 15 - April 8.


Numbers 13. - Lieutenant Charles M. Callahan, Battery A, First Missouri Light Artillery, of operations March 16 - April 10.

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* For naval reports, see Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 5, 1864.

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