Actions near Alexandria
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The Actions near Alexandria saw a Confederate States Army force commanded by Major General Richard Taylor surround a greatly superior Union Army led by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks and a United St
Union gunboats safely pass through Bailey's Dam at Alexandria, Louisiana.
Richard Taylor
Contemporary photograph of the dam.
Joseph Bailey
Battle of Monett's Ferry
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The Battle of Monett's Ferry or Monett's Bluff saw a Confederate States Army force led by Brigadier General Hamilton P. Bee attempt to block a numerically superior Union Army column that was commanded
Actions near Alexandria
…retreat from Grand Ecore. This decision was influenced by an order to return A. J. Smith's troops to Major General William T. Sherman by April 10. At the Battle of Monett's Ferry on April 23, the Union army forced its way through a blocking force sent by Taylor. The different elements of Banks' army reached Alexandria between…
William H. Emory was in tactical control of the Union forces at Monett's Ferry.
Henry W. Birge
Hamilton P. Bee
Edmund J. Davis