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Battle of Fort DeRussy (May 1864), US Civil War

Mower, Smith and Taylor

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Lieutenant General CSA Richard Strother Taylor (1826 - 1879)
Reference-Children of the Presidents: One of three individuals to be promoted to Lt. General without formal military training. The other two were Lt. General Nathan Bedford Forrest, and Lt. General ...
Major General Andrew Jackson Smith, (USA) (1815 - 1897)
Jackson Smith (April 28, 1815 – January 30, 1897) was a United States Army general during the American Civil War, rising to the command of a corps. He was most noted for his victory over Confederate Ge...
Bvt. Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Mower (USA) (1827 - 1870)
Nebraska Advertiser - Jan 13, 1870: "The death of Brevet Major General Joseph A. Mower, Colonel of the 39th Infantry, is announced." Delaware Gazette - Jan 14, 1870: "Major General Joseph A. Mower died...

The Battle of Fort De Russy, Louisiana, was the first engagement in the Red River Campaign of March–May 1864 in the American Civil War.

The Union Army of the Gulf under General Banks aimed to capture Shreveport, state capital and headquarters of the Confederate command, west of the Mississippi River. The operation was spearheaded by General A.J. Smith and Brig. Gen. Joseph Mower, who surprised and captured Fort de Russy on March 14, taking over 300 prisoners and the enemy's only heavy guns. The Confederates, under Gen. Richard Taylor, were forced to retreat, leaving south and central Louisiana to the Union forces.