Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
Union gunboats safely pass through Bailey's Dam at Alexandria, Louisiana.
Date
April 24 – May 13, 1864
Location
Alexandria, Louisiana
Result
Inconclusive
Belligerents
United States
Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Nathaniel P. Banks David Dixon Porter
Richard Taylor
Units involved
Department of the Gulf
Dept. of West Louisiana
Strength
Banks: 33,500
Taylor: 6,000
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Red River campaign
Louisiana
Fort DeRussy
Henderson's Hill
Mansfield
Pleasant Hill
Blair's Landing
Monett's Ferry
26–27 April
Alexandria
Mansura
Yellow Bayou
Arkansas
Mount Elba
Elkin's Ferry
Prairie D' Ane
Poison Spring
Marks' Mills
Jenkins' Ferry
The Actions near Alexandria (April 24 – May 13, 1864)[1][2] saw a Confederate States Army force commanded by Major General Richard Taylor surround a greatly superior Union Army led by Major General Nathaniel P. Banks and a United States Navy flotilla commanded by Rear Admiral David Dixon Porter at Alexandria, Louisiana. Porter's gunboats were trapped above the double falls in the Red River by low water. Banks' army was compelled to halt its retreat to keep Porter's vessels from being scuttled or from falling into Confederate hands.
Meanwhile, Taylor positioned his scanty forces to blockade the Union forces within Alexandria. For several days, the Confederate force was able to block all traffic in the Red River. Porter's fleet was saved when an innovative Union engineer built Bailey's Dam which raised the water level enough to float Porter's gunboats over the falls and into deeper water. On May 13, Banks' army brushed aside Taylor's troops and marched downstream. Though Banks ordered Alexandria to be spared, Union soldiers burned down most of the city when they left.
^Boatner 1959, p. 7.
^Boatner's entry for Alexandria had the dates May 1–8. Boatner listed actions from Hudnot's Plantation on April 30 through Dunn's Bayou on May 5.
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