Louisiana during Civil War

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    Civil War in Louisiana

  • Louisiana becomes the sixth state to secede from the Union

  • P.G.T. Beauregard becomes Brigadier General of the Confederate States Army

    -After he resigned commission in the United States Army

  • Louisiana joins the Confederate States of America

  • Civil War comes to Louisiana, Union Navy begins Mississippi River blockade.

    Union Navy begins Mississippi River blockade.

  • Braxton Bragg advances to full general in the Confederate Army

    Bragg was 1 of 8 full generals during the war. He was a native of Louisiana, as well as P.G.T. Beauregard.

  • Confederate troops begin to evacuate New Orleans

  • Confederate troops begin to evacuate New Orleans

  • Union Admiral David Farragut captures New Orleans

  • New Orleans, considered the largest city in the Confederacy

  • Federal troops capture Baton Rouge

  • General Butler orders all African Americans to join Federal forces

  • Genera John C. Breckinridge fails to recapture Baton Rouge

  • The 1st Regiment Louisiana Native Guards become the first black regiment in the U.S. army

  • General Grant comes to Louisiana

  • Siege of Port Hudson begins when Union Army troops assaulted and then surrounded the town of Port Hudson, Louisiana.

  • Federal troops fail to capture Fort Hudson

  • Union General Banks once again attacks Fort Hudson

    and again is defeated.

  • The Battle of Donaldsonville begins

  • Federals gain control of the Mississippi River and General Franklin Gardener Surrenders Port Hudson to General Banks

  • Federals gain control of the Mississippi River

  • After the fall of Vicksburg, MS to Union troops, Confederate Maj. Gen. Gardner ordered the Confederates to lay down their weapons- ending 48 days of continuous fighting at Port Hudson.

  • Henry W. Allen is elected Governor of Confederate Louisiana

  • Red River Campaign began- Union initiative that comprised a series of battles fought along the Red River in LA.

    30,000 Union troops were commanded under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks and between 6,000-15,000 Confederate troops were under the command of Lt. Gen. Richard Taylor. Union soldiers capturing Fort de Russy on March 14th signaled the beginning of the campaign. The Battle of Mansfield, Battle of Pleasant Hill followed.

  • Federal troops capture Alexandria

  • Federal troops capture Natchitoches

  • Battle of Pleasant Hill is fought--part of the Red River Campaign

  • Alexandria is burned by Union troops and largely destroyed

  • The Battle of Yellow Bayou

    the last engagement of the Red River Campaign- allowing Union troops to advance.

  • General Dick Taylor surrenders Louisiana Confederate troops in Louisiana

  • Lieutenant General Buckner negotiates the surrender of Confederate troops in the Trans-Mississippi Department