The (I) Bayou Teche Campaign
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Jump to navigationJump to searchThe Bayou Teche Campaign was a brief series of military engagements in Bayou Teche in Louisiana. Union commander Nathaniel P. Banks, headquartered near New Orleans, endeavored to drive back the Confederate forces in western Louisiana and secure a route to connect with the Mississippi River north of Confederate-held Port Hudson. The campaign lasted from April 11-20, 1863.
Union Troops
- 12th Connecticut Infantry
- 13th Connecticut Infantry
- 24th Connecticut Infantry
- 25th Connecticut Infantry
- 1st Indiana Heavy Artillery
- 1st Louisiana Cavalry (U) (Companies A/B/C/E)
- 1st Louisiana Infantry (U)
- 1st Maine Light Artillery Battery ("Battery A")
- 12th Maine Infantry
- 22nd Maine Infantry
- 26th Maine Infantry
- 2nd Massachusetts Cavalry Battalion (as 2nd Unattached Cavalry Company)
- 2nd Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
- 6th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
- 31st Massachusetts Infantry
- 38th Massachusetts Infantry
- 41st Massachusetts Infantry
- 52nd Massachusetts Infantry
- 53rd Massachusetts Infantry
- 8th New Hampshire Infantry
- 18th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
- (II) 6th New York Infantry
- 75th New York Infantry
- 91st New York Infantry
- 114th New York Infantry
- 131st New York Infantry
- 133rd New York Infantry
- 156th New York Infantry
- 159th New York Infantry
- 160th New York Infantry
- 173rd New York Infantry
- 175th New York Infantry
- 2nd Rhode Island Cavalry
- 8th Vermont Infantry
- 4th Wisconsin Cavalry (listed as Infantry)
- 1st United States Artillery / Battery A
- 1st United States Artillery / Battery F
- 1st United States Artillery / Battery L
- 2nd United States Artillery / Battery C
Casualties
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Sub-Operations
- April 18, 1863 -
Affair at New Iberia, Louisiana - Battle of Fort Bisland
- Battle of Irish Bend
- Butte a la Rose
- Alexandria
- Vermilion Bayou
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 598, 652, 739, 742, 745)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou_Teche_Campaign
Categories:
- Operations in the War of the Rebellion
- Operations in Louisiana
- Operations in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
- Operations in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
- Operations in Iberia Parish, Louisiana
- Campaigns in the War of the Rebellion
- Campaigns in Louisiana
- Campaigns in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
- Campaigns in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
- Campaigns in Iberia Parish, Louisiana
- Operations in 1863
- Operations on April 11, 1863
- Operations on April 12, 1863
- Operations on April 13, 1863
- Operations on April 14, 1863
- Operations on April 15, 1863
- Operations on April 16, 1863
- Operations on April 17, 1863
- Operations on April 18, 1863
- Operations on April 19, 1863
- Operations on April 20, 1863
- Source: ACWR 598
- Source: ACWR 652
- Source: ACWR 739
- Source: ACWR 742
- Source: ACWR 745
