Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Louisiana, 1862

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1862

Feb. 19: Seizure of U. S. Paymaster's Office, New Orleans

By State Troops.

April 27: Reoccupation of Forts Livingston, Pike and Wood

By U. S. Forces.

April 27: Evacuation of Fort Quitman

By Confederates.

April 28: Occupation of Fort St. Phillip

MASSACHUSETTS--30th Infantry.

April 28: Occupation of Fort Jackson

MASSACHUSETTS--4th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.

May 1: Occupation of New Orleans

CONNECTICUT--9th and 12th Infantry. INDIANA--21st INFANTRY. MASSACHUSETTS--2 Companies Unattached Cavalry; 4th and 6th Indpt. Batteries Light Arty.; 30th and 31st Infantry. MICHIGAN--6th Infantry. VERMONT--2d Battery Light Arty. WISCONSIN--4th Infantry.

May 8: Affair, Bayou Grand Caillou

Capture of a Blockade Runner.

May 11-18: Operations about Houma

INDIANA--21st Infantry (4 Co's). MASSACHUSETTS--6th Indpt. Battery Light Arty. (Section).

June 7-9: Exp. from Baton Rouge

MASSACHUSETTS--30th Infantry; 2d Battery Light Arty. (Section). WISCONSIN--4th Infantry (2 Co's).

June 17: Skirmish, Pass Manchac

MAINE--12th Infantry (Detachment). MASSACHUSETTS--4th Battery Light Arty.

June 20: Skirmish, Bayou des Allemands

VERMONT--8th Infantry.

June 20-July 26: Exp. from Baton Rouge against Vicksburg, Miss. (Williams')

CONNECTICUT--9th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--2d and 6th Batteries Light Arty.; 30th Infantry. VERMONT--7th Infantry. WISCONSIN--4th Infantry.

June 22: Skirmish, Bayou des Allemands

VERMONT--8th Infantry.

June 22: Skirmish, Raceland, near Algiers

VERMONT--8th Infantry. Union loss, 3 killed, 8 wounded. Total, 11.

June 27-29: Reconn. to Amite River

MASSACHUSETTS--2d Company Unattached Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 6.

June 28: Skirmish, Williams' Bridge, Amite River

MASSACHUSETTS--2d Company Unattached Cavalry. Union loss, 2 killed, 4 wounded. Total, 6.

July 5-7: Exp. to Ponchatoula

Confederate Reports.

July 24: Skirmish, Amite River

Confederate Reports.

July 25-Aug. 2: Exp. to Lake Pontchartrain, Pass Manchac and up Tchefuncta and Pearl Rivers

CONNECTICUT--12th Infantry. VERMONT--2d Battery Light Arty. (Section).

July 27: Skirmishes, Madisonville and near Covington

CONNECTICUT--12th Infantry; U. S. Gunboat "Grey Cloud."

Aug. 5: Engagement, Baton Rouge

CONNECTICUT--9th Infantry. MAINE--14th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--2d Company Unattached Cavalry; 2d, 4th and 6th Batteries Light Arty.; 30th Infantry. MICHIGAN--6th Infantry. VERMONT--7th Infantry. WISCONSIN--4th Infantry. Union loss, 84 killed, 266 wounded, 33 missing. Total, 383.

Aug. 9: Bombardment, Donaldsonville

U. S. Navy.

Aug. 16: Skirmish, Milliken's Bend

OHIO--76th Infantry.

Aug. 18: Skirmish, Milliken's Bend

OHIO--58th and 76th Infantry; Capture of Steamer "Fair Play."

Aug. 19: Skirmish, Tallulah

MISSOURI--Bowen's Battalion Cavalry.

Aug. 20-21: Skirmishes, Baton Rouge

(No Reports.)

Aug. 29: Skirmish, St. Charles Court House

MASSACHUSETTS--Cavalry Battalion (Co. "B"). VERMONT--8th Infantry (Co's "A," "C").

Sept. 4: Skirmish, Boutte Station

VERMONT--8th Infantry (Co. "K").

Sept. 4: Skirmish, Bayou des Allemands

INDIANA--21st Infantry. MAINE--14th Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--2d Battery Light Arty. WISCONSIN--4th Infantry. Union loss (including Boutte Station), 9 killed, 27 wounded, 155 missing. Total, 191.

Sept. 7-8: Exp. from Carrollton to St. Charles C. H

CONNECTICUT--9th Infantry. INDIANA--21st Infantry. MAINE--1st Battery Light Arty.; 14th Infantry. MICHIGAN--6th Infantry. WISCONSIN--4th Infantry.

Sept. 8: Skirmish near St. Charles Court House

CONNECTICUT--9th Infantry. INDIANA--21st Infantry. MAINE--1st Battery Light Arty.; 14th Infantry. MICHIGAN--6th Infantry. WISCONSIN--4th Infantry.

Sept. 13-15: Exp. to Pass Manchac and Ponchatoula

CONNECTICUT--13th Infantry (Detachment). MAINE--12th Infantry (3 Co's). MASSACHUSETTS--26th Infantry (1 Co.). Union loss, 22 wounded.

Sept. 21-25: Exp. from Carrollton to Donaldsonville, and Skirmish

INDIANA--21st Infantry.

Oct. 19: Skirmish, Bonnet Carre, St. John Baptist Parish

CONNECTICUT--9th Infantry.

Oct. 24-Nov. 6: Operations, La Fourche District

CONNECTICUT--12th and 13th Infantry. LOUISIANA--1st Cavalry (Co's "A," "B," "C"); 1st Native Guard Colored Infantry. MASSACHUSETTS--6th Battery Light Arty. MAINE--1st Battery Light Arty. NEW HAMPSHIRE--8th Infantry. NEW YORK--75th Infantry. VERMONT--8th Infantry.

Oct. 25: Capture of Donaldsonville

CONNECTICUT--12th and 13th Infantry. LOUISIANA--1st Cavalry (Co's "A," "B," "C"). MAINE--1st Battery Light Arty. MASSACHUSETTS--6th Battery Light Arty. NEW HAMPSHIRE--8th Infantry. NEW YORK--75th Infantry.

Oct. 27: Action, Georgia Landing, near Labadieville

Nov. 1-6: Operations in Berwick Bay

U. S. Navy.

Nov. 3: Action, Bayou Teche

INDIANA--21st Infantry (1st H. A.); Gunboats "Diana," "Kinsman," "Estelle," "St. Mary" and "Calhoun." Union loss, 6 killed, 7 wounded. Total, 13.

Nov. 21: Skirmish, Bayou Bontecou

MASSACHUSETTS--31st Infantry. Union loss, 1 wounded.

Nov. 21: Skirmish, Bayou Bonfonca

MASSACHUETTS--4th Battery Light Arty.

Nov. 21-22: Affairs, Petite Anse Island

U. S. Gunboat.

Dec. 10: Skirmish, Deserted Station

MASSACHUSETTS--31st Infantry.

Dec. 13: Reoccupation of Baton Rouge

Grover's Division, Dept. of the Gulf.

Dec. 25-26: Exp. from Milliken's Bend to Dallas Station and Delhi

INDIANA--16th, 60th and 67th Infantry. MISSOURI--6th Cavalry. OHIO--17th Indpt. Battery Light Arty.; 83d and 96th Infantry. WISCONSIN--23d Infantry.

Dec. 28: Affair, Baton Rouge

Burning of State House.

Dec. 29: Affair, Plaquemine

MASSACHUSETTS--Perkins' Company, Unattached Cavalry; U. S. Gunboat "Katahdin."

Dec. 31: Affair, Plaquemine

NEW YORK--162d Infantry (3 Co's).

1908.

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