Nathaniel P. Banks timeline
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First Battle of Winchester - Stonewall Jackson Defeats Nathaniel P. Banks
Description: After skirmishing with Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks’s retreating army at Middletown and Newtown on May 24, Maj. Gen. T.J. Jackson’s... Read more
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Battle of Cedar Mountain
Description: Maj. Gen. John Pope was placed in command of the newly constituted Army of Virginia on June 26. Gen. Robert E. Lee responded to Pope’s... Read more
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Battle of Fort Bisland
Other Names: Battery Gregg, Fort Wagner, Morris Island, Fort Sumter Location: Charleston County Campaign: Operations against Defenses of... Read more
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Battle of Irish Bend
Other Names: Second Assault, Morris Island Location: City of Charleston Campaign: Operations against Defenses of Charleston... Read more
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Battle of Vermillion Bayou
Other Names: None Location: Lafayette Parish Campaign: Operations in West Louisiana (1863) Date(s): April 17, 1863 Principal... Read more
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Last Confederate Stronghold on Mississippi Surrenders at the Siege of Port Hudson
The Siege of Port Hudson occurred from May 21 to July 9, 1863, when Union Army troops assaulted and then surrounded the Mississippi River town of... Read more
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Battle of Mansfield - Confederates Halt Red River Campaign
Little attention has been paid nationally to the Battle of Mansfield or the Red River Campaign, perhaps because it was the last decisive... Read more
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Battle of Pleasant Hill - Confederate Attack Fails
Description: By April 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks’s Red River Expedition had advanced about 150 miles up Red River. Maj. Gen. Richard... Read more
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Battle of Monett's Ferry
The Battle of Monett's Ferry was fought on April 23, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces. The Union army was led by Nathaniel P. Banks. They... Read more
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Battle of Mansura
Other Names: Smith’s Place, Marksville Location: Avoyelles Parish Campaign: Red River Campaign (1864) Date(s): May 16, 1864 Principal... Read more