The (II) Bayou Teche Campaign

The Bayou Teche Campaign was a series of military engagements in Bayou Teche in Louisiana. Union commander Nathaniel P. Banks endeavored to drive back the Confederate forces in western Louisiana and gain a foothold into eastern Texas. The campaign lasted from October 3-November 30, 1863.

• It is also referred to as the Western Louisiana Campaign and Operations in Teche Country
• Note: The list of counties in which this campaign takes place is not complete

Union Troops

• 12th Connecticut Infantry
• 2nd Illinois Cavalry (2 Companies)
• 15th Illinois Cavalry / Company F
• 2nd Illinois Light Artillery / Battery A
• 2nd Illinois Light Artillery / Battery E
• 33rd Illinois Infantry
• 36th Illinois Infantry / Company A
• 77th Illinois Infantry
• 87th Illinois Infantry
• 97th Illinois Infantry
• 99th Illinois Infantry
• 118th Illinois Infantry
• 130th Illinois Infantry
• 1st Indiana Cavalry / Company C
• 4th Indiana Cavalry / Company C
• 1st Indiana (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• (II) 8th Indiana Infantry
• (II) 11th Indiana Infantry
• (II) 16th Indiana Infantry (Mounted)
• 18th Indiana Infantry
• 24th Indiana Infantry
• 34th Indiana Infantry
• 46th Indiana Infantry
• 47th Indiana Infantry
• 49th Indiana Infantry
• 60th Indiana Infantry
• 67th Indiana Infantry
• 69th Indiana Infantry
• 21st Iowa Infantry
• 22nd Iowa Infantry
• 23rd Iowa Infantry
• 24th Iowa Infantry
• 28th Iowa Infantry
• 7th Kentucky Infantry (U)
• 19th Kentucky Infantry (U)
• 22nd Kentucky Infantry (U)
• 1st Louisiana Cavalry (U)
• 2nd Louisiana Infantry (U) (Mounted)
• 14th Maine Infantry
• 2nd Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
• 4th Massachusetts Light Artillery Battery
• 26th Massachusetts Infantry
• 30th Massachusetts Infantry
• 6th Missouri Cavalry (U) (6 Companies)
• 1st Missouri Light Artillery / Battery A (U)
• 8th New Hampshire Infantry
• 14th New York Cavalry
• 25th New York (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 75th New York Infantry
• 110th New York Infantry
• 114th New York Infantry
• 116th New York Infantry
• 133rd New York Infantry
• 160th New York Infantry
• 162nd New York Infantry
• 165th New York Infantry
• 173rd New York Infantry
• 174th New York Infantry
• 2nd Ohio (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 16th Ohio (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 17th Ohio (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• (II) 16th Ohio Infantry
• 42nd Ohio Infantry
• 48th Ohio Infantry
• 56th Ohio Infantry
• 83rd Ohio Infantry
• 96th Ohio Infantry
• 120th Ohio Infantry
• 8th Vermont Infantry
• 1st Wisconsin (Independent) Light Artillery Battery
• 11th Wisconsin Infantry
• 23rd Wisconsin Infantry
• 29th Wisconsin Infantry
• 1st United States Artillery / Battery F
• 1st United States Artillery / Battery L

Casualties

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Sub-Operations

• LaFourche Crossing
• Capture of Brashear City
• Donaldsonville II
• Kock's Plantation
• Stirling's Plantation

Sources

• Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 598, 652, 654, 656, 742, 749)
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayou_Teche_Campaign
• http://www.mkwe.com/ohio/pages/H024-00.htm