The Camden Expedition of 1864
... In March 1864, seven weeks before the Union's "win the war" offensives were initiated in Virginia and Georgia, the Red River Campaign began in Arkansas and Louisiana. Gen. Banks led a combined military and naval expedition up the Red River from the Mississippi in a campaign that lasted from March 12 ...
... In March 1864, seven weeks before the Union's "win the war" offensives were initiated in Virginia and Georgia, the Red River Campaign began in Arkansas and Louisiana. Gen. Banks led a combined military and naval expedition up the Red River from the Mississippi in a campaign that lasted from March 12 ...
Civil War II - ARChapter5CivilWar
... • A Confederate force met them at Poison Springs and wiped them out. They executed the black Union soldiers. • At the Battle of Mark’s Mill the Confederates captured Steele’s supply train coming from Pine Bluff. • Because of a lack of supplies, Steele had to go back to Little Rock. • When Steele’s m ...
... • A Confederate force met them at Poison Springs and wiped them out. They executed the black Union soldiers. • At the Battle of Mark’s Mill the Confederates captured Steele’s supply train coming from Pine Bluff. • Because of a lack of supplies, Steele had to go back to Little Rock. • When Steele’s m ...
battle of jenkins` ferry
... Confederate Army was under the command of General E. Kirby Smith. General Steele and 5000 Union troops were attempting to get back to Little Rock while retreating from Camden, Arkansas after having been mauled at Mark's Mill and Poison Springs. On the afternoon of April 29 Union forces reached Jenki ...
... Confederate Army was under the command of General E. Kirby Smith. General Steele and 5000 Union troops were attempting to get back to Little Rock while retreating from Camden, Arkansas after having been mauled at Mark's Mill and Poison Springs. On the afternoon of April 29 Union forces reached Jenki ...