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
William H. Emory was in tactical control of the Union forces at Monett's Ferry.
Henry W. Birge
Hamilton P. Bee
Edmund J. Davis
Red River campaign
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The Red River campaign, also known as the Red River expedition, was a major Union offensive campaign in the Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War, the campaign taking place from March 10
Battle of Monett's Ferry
…General Hamilton P. Bee attempt to block a numerically superior Union Army column that was commanded by Brigadier General William H. Emory during the Red River Campaign of the American Civil War. Confederate commander Major General Richard Taylor set a trap for the retreating army of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks…
Banks' army crossing the Cane River, March 31, 1864
Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks, commander of the Department of the Gulf
Gen. E. Kirby Smith, commander of the Trans-Mississippi Department
A. J. Smith and Porter's expedition starting from Vicksburg for the Red River