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Battle of Irish Bend (April 14, 1863), US Civil War

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Brig. General Arthur P. Bagby, Jr. (CSA) (1833 - 1921)
Pendleton Bagby, Jr. (May 17, 1833 – February 21, 1921) was a lawyer, editor, and Confederate States Army colonel during the American Civil War. Confederate General E. Kirby Smith, commander of the Tra...
Brig. Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley (CSA) (c.1816 - 1886)
Hopkins Sibley (May 25, 1816 – August 23, 1886) was a brigadier general during the American Civil War, leading the Confederate States Army in the New Mexico Territory. His attempt to gain control of tr...
Brig. General Henry Gray (CSA) (1816 - 1892)
Gray, Jr. (January 19, 1816 – December 11, 1892) was an American lawyer and politician who served in the state legislatures of Mississippi and then Louisiana. During the American Civil War, he was a ge...
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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 ...
Brevet Maj. General James W. McMillan (USA) (1825 - 1903)
Winning McMillan (April 28, 1825 – March 9, 1903) was an American soldier who fought during the Mexican–American War and served as a Union Army general during the American Civil War.Early life and care...

The Battle of Irish Bend, also known as Nerson's Woods or Franklin, was a battle in the American Civil War. It was fought between Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Prentice Banks against Confederate Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor during Banks's operations against the Bayou Teche region near Franklin, the seat of St. Mary Parish in southern Louisiana.