Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Brashear City” in chapter 3, page 55 of Caroline E. Whitcomb, History of the Second Massachusetts Battery of Light Artillery (Nims' Battery): 1861-1865, compiled from records of the Rebellion, official reports, diaries and rosters:
... to divert the enemy from Banks' expedition into Texas which he was about to undertake.
Accordingly he ordered the command of which the battery was a part to advance under Gen. C. C. Washburne from Brashear City to Opelousas, to give the impression that a march to Alexandria or Shreveport was begun.
The battery left New Orleans on September 18 and the next day reached Brashear City, which had been evacuate...
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| † | Brashear City (Louisiana, United States) | 868 | 22 | 58 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
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