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