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Williamsport (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 99
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96.-capture of Fort de Russy, La.
on board flag-ship, Fort de Russy, March 18, 1864.
To understand the importance of the great expedition up Red River, it is necessary to review the military situation in the beginning of March.
Sherman had returned to Vicksburgh from his grand but disappointing raid into Mississippi, and instead of directing his forces toward Mobile, the point greatest and almost the only position of vital concern to the rebels, he detached a portion of them to General Banks's assistance, who, it appears, had predetermined on scattering or demolishing the forces in West-Louisiana.
It is altogether probable that something in the seasons had dictated this choice to General Banks.
For example, the Red River is only high enough to be navigable by the largest vessels during this month and the next, while the task of taking Mobile is one which might be undertaken at any time, though it is unaccountably strange that it was not begun in December instead of
Shreveport (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 99
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New Orleans (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 99
Louisiana (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 99
Mississippi (United States) (search for this): chapter 99
Red River Landing (Louisiana, United States) (search for this): chapter 99