Farragut captures New Orleans by Julian Oliver Davidson.
Expedition to Capture New Orleans
Head of Passes – October 12, 1861
Forts Jackson and St. Philip – April 18–28, 1862
New Orleans – April 24-25, 1862
Confederate Offensive Against Baton Rouge
Donaldsonville I – August 9, 1862
Georgia Landing – October 27, 1862
Vermillion Bayou – April 17, 1863
Port Hudson – May 21-July 9, 1863
Grant’s Operations Against Vicksburg
Grand Gulf (April 29, 1863)
Snyder’s Bluff (April 29-May 1, 1863)
Bruinsburg Crossing (April 30, 1863)
Port Gibson (May 1, 1863)
Raymond (May 12, 1863)
Jackson (May 14, 1863)
Champion Hill (May 16, 1863)
Big Black River Bridge (May 17, 1863)
Siege of Vicksburg (May 18-July 4, 1863)
Taylor’s Operations in Louisiana West of the Mississippi
LaFourche Crossing – June 20-21, 1863
Donaldsonville II – June 28, 1963
Kock’s Plantation – July 11-13, 1863
Stirling’s Plantation – September 29, 1863
Bayou Bourbeux – November 3, 1863
Blair’s Landing – April 12, 1864
Monett’s Ferry – April 23, 1864
“The bullets flew like hailstones… The cries of the wounded were dreadful to hear. Their cry was water, but they could not be helped as they were between the two lines.”
— Union Corporal Abial Edwards, referring to the Red River Campaign
Battle of Bayou Bourbeux, Louisiana.
©Kathy Alexander/Legends of America, updated August 2025.
Civil War Battles in Louisiana.
Also See:
Civil War Timeline & Leading Events
Trans-Mississippi Theater of the Civil War
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