Red River Campaign

The Red River campaign, also known as the Red River expedition, was a major Union offensive campaign in the Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War, the campaign taking place from March 10 to May 22, 1864. It was launched through the densely forested Gulf Coastal Plain region between the Red River Valley and central Arkansas towards the end of the war. The offensive was intended to stop Confederate use of the Louisiana port of Shreveport, open an outlet for the sugar and cotton of northern Louisiana, and to split the Confederate lines, allowing the Union to encircle and destroy the Confederate military forces in Louisiana and southern Arkansas. It marked the last major offensive attempted by the Union in the Trans-Mississippi theater.

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1864  Wikimedia, Wikidata
Red River Expedition; Red River Expedition, 1864; Red river expedition
offensive, military campaign, United States, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America, 

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1864 Battle of Mansfield

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1864 Battle of Pleasant Hill

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The War on the Red River--Admiral Porter’s fleet passing through Col. Bailey’s Dam above Alexandria, May 1864, after safely getting over the rapids by its means - FL 1864

Red River Campaign map

The war in Louisiana - Fort De Russy, Red River, captured March 14, from a sketch by Owen G. Long - LCCN95511280 (cropped)

Mississippi River Squadron on Red River

The war in Louisiana - destruction of the U.S. transport John Warner by confederate batteries on Red River, May 4 - from a sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonwill. LCCN97501516

The war in Louisiana - Gen. Lee's cavalry fording Cane River, March 31 Sketches of Army life - weighing out rations - from a sketch by our special artist, Edwin Forbes. - from a sketch by LCCN94507513

(Map of the Red River campaign, March 10-May 22. 1864). LOC 2008626486

The war in Louisiana - Banks's army, in the advance of Shreveport, crossing Cane River, March 31 - sketched by our (artis)t, C.E.H. Bonwill. LCCN94507514

The war in Louisiana-Commodore Porter's fleet before Alexandria, March 26 - from a sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonwill. - The war in Louisiana-Battle of Crump's Hill, April 2, LCCN95511280

General William Helmsley Emory

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1864	Red River Campaign	United States, Confederate States of America, military campaign, offensive	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Mansfield	United States, Confederate States of America, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1864	Battle of Pleasant Hill	United States, Confederate States of America, battle	Wikidata
commons	image		The War on the Red River--Admiral Porter’s fleet passing through Col. Bailey’s Dam above Alexandria, May 1864, after safely getting over the rapids by its means - FL 1864		Commons
commons	image		Red River Campaign map		Commons
commons	image		The war in Louisiana - Fort De Russy, Red River, captured March 14, from a sketch by Owen G. Long - LCCN95511280 (cropped)		Commons
commons	image		Mississippi River Squadron on Red River		Commons
commons	image		The war in Louisiana - destruction of the U.S. transport John Warner by confederate batteries on Red River, May 4 - from a sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonwill. LCCN97501516		Commons
commons	image		The war in Louisiana - Gen. Lee's cavalry fording Cane River, March 31 Sketches of Army life - weighing out rations - from a sketch by our special artist, Edwin Forbes. - from a sketch by LCCN94507513		Commons
commons	image		(Map of the Red River campaign, March 10-May 22. 1864). LOC 2008626486		Commons
commons	image		The war in Louisiana - Banks's army, in the advance of Shreveport, crossing Cane River, March 31 - sketched by our (artis)t, C.E.H. Bonwill. LCCN94507514		Commons
commons	image		The war in Louisiana-Commodore Porter's fleet before Alexandria, March 26 - from a sketch by our special artist, C.E.H. Bonwill. - The war in Louisiana-Battle of Crump's Hill, April 2, LCCN95511280		Commons
commons	image		General William Helmsley Emory		Commons