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Louisiana's Military Heritage:

     Battles, Campaigns, and Maneuvers

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The following articles on the various military battles, campaigns, and maneuvers that have occurred in Louisiana are not definitive histories.  Rather, they are intended to serve as thumbnail sketches meant to inform and pique the reader's interest.  More detailed study may be found via your local library and via the source material found at the end of each article.


 

The American Revolution

(1776~1783)

  

 

The West Florida Campaign

& the 1st Battle of Baton Rouge

(August ~ September, 1779)

  

 

  

  

The West Florida Rebellion

(1810)

  

 

The Fall of Fort San Carlos

(September 24, 1810)

Future Article Planned

  

 

 

  

The War of 1812

(1812~1815)

 

  

 

The Battle of Lake Borgne

(December 14, 1814)

 

  

The Battle of New Orleans

(January 08, 1815)

Future Article Planned

  

 

The Bombardment of Fort St. Philip

(January 09-18, 1815)

Future Article Planned

  

 

 

  

The Civil War

(1861-1865)

 

Secession & Seizure

(December 1860 ~ January 1861)

Future Article Planned

 

 

The Bombardments of

Forts Jackson & St. Philip

(April, 1862)

Future Article Planned

   

 

Vicksburg:  Running the Batteries

(June 28, 1862)

Future Article Planned

   

 

Vicksburg:  CSS ARKANSAS

(July 15 ~ July 22, 1862)

Future Article Planned

   

 

Vicksburg:  Williams' Canal

(June 27 ~ July 24, 1862)

Future Article Planned

   

 

The 2nd Battle of Baton Rouge

(August 05, 1862)

Future Article Planned

  

 

The Lafourche Campaign

(August ~ November, 1862)

Future Article Planned

 

 

Skirmishes in Eastern Louisiana

(September, 1862)

Future Article Planned

  

 

The 1st Battle of Sabine Pass

(September 24-25, 1862)

Future Article Planned

  

 

Capture of the Blockade Runner DAN

(October 03, 1862)

Future Article Planned

 

 

The Sinking of the Gunboat DAN

(January 08, 1863)

Future Article Planned

  

 

Breaking the Blockade off Sabine Pass

(January 21, 1863)

Future Article Planned

  

 

The Teche Campaign

(January ~ May, 1863)

Future Article Planned

 

 

Vicksburg:  Grant's Canals

(February ~ April, 1863)

Future Article Planned

  

 

Capture of the QUEEN OF THE WEST & the Destruction of the INDIANOLA

(February, 1863)

Future Article Planned

 

 

Running the Batteries of Port Hudson

(March 14, 1863)

Future Article Planned

 

 

 

The Ponchatoula &

Amite River Expeditions

(March, 1863)

Future Article Planned

  

 

The Battle of Bisland

(April 12-13, 1863)

Future Article Planned

 

 

The Battle of Irish Bend

(April 14, 1863)

Future Article Planned

 

 

The Skirmish at Sabine Lighthouse

(April 18, 1863)

Future Article Planned

 

 

The Siege of Vicksburg

(May 22 ~ July 04, 1863)

Future Article Planned

 

 

The Tensas Valley Counteroffensive

(May ~ June, 1863)

Future Article Planned

 

 

The Siege of Port Hudson

(May 23 ~ July 09, 1863)

Future Article Planned

  

 

The Lafourche Counteroffensive

(June ~ July, 1863)

Future Article Planned

  

 

The Battle of Fort Butler

(June 28,1863)

Future Article Planned

 

  

The Battle of Cox's Plantation

(July 13,1863)

Future Article Planned

 

 

The 2nd Battle of Sabine Pass

(September 08, 1863)

Future Article Planned

   

 

The Battle of Stirling's Plantation

(September 29, 1863)

Future Article Planned

  

 

The Red River Campaign

(April ~ May, 1864)

  

 

The Battle of Mansfield

(April 08, 1864)

Future Article Planned

  

 

The Battle of Pleasant Hill

(April 09, 1864)

Future Article Planned

  

 

The Battle of Calcasieu Pass

(May 06, 1864)

Future Article Planned

 

 

The Final Voyage of the CSS WEBB

(April 24, 1865)

Future Article Planned

  

 

   

 

World War II

(1935~1945)

 

  

The Louisiana Military Maneuvers

(1940)

Future Article Planned

 

 

 

 

The U-Boat War

in the Gulf of Mexico

(May, 1942 ~ December, 1943)

Future Article Planned

  

  

 

The Sinkings of

SS ROBERT E. LEE & U-166

(July 30, 1942)

Future Article Planned

  

 

 

 

 

 

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