Civil War Baton Rouge, Port Hudson and Bayou Sara
Subtitle: capturing the Mississippi
By: Dennis J. Dufrene
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9781609493516
Subjects: Campaigns; Military History; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Louisiana secedes; title: The Union plan for the Mississippi River; title: The Union blockade; title: The Battle of Head of Passes; title: Forts Jackson and St. Philip; title: The surrender of Fort Jackson; title: The fall of New Orleans; title: The scuttling of the USS Barataria; title: Baton Rouge's first brush with blue; title: Troops on the move; title: Skirmish on the Amite River; title: First Battle of Donaldsonville; title: The rebels' plan to take back Baton Rouge; title: The federals dig in their heels; title: Breckinridge's march; title: The Confederates open the ball in Baton Rouge; title: The fall of the CSS Arkansas; title: Bayou Sara; title: August 10, 1862: piracy on the Mississippi; title: Sinking of the USS Sumter; title: The union returns to Bayou Sara; title: The USS Essex arrives at Port Hudson; title: The Battle of Labadieville; title: A union soldier's Masonic burial in Bayou Sara; title: Siege of Port Hudson; title: The Battle of Plains Store; title: The Battle at Jackson Crossroads; title: The Second Battle of Donaldsonville; title: The Skirmish at Springfield Landing; title: The Confederate surrender of Port Hudson; title: The Battle of Kock's Plantation; title: The Battle at Centenary College and the Corp d'Afrique; title: Spring 1863; title: The yankees go west.