...eemed probable at this time that Steele would advance first. When he reached Prairie d'ane, two routes were open to him: the one to Marshall, crossing the river at Fulton, the other direct to Shreveport . I consequently held Price's infantry, under Churchill, a few days at Shreveport. Steele's hesitation and the reports of the advance of Banks's cavalry caused me, on the 4th of April, to move Chu...