Battle of LaFourche Crossing

| Battle of LaFourche Crossing

| Began:|

June 20, 1863

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| Ended:|

June 21, 1863

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| Location:|

Lafourche Parish, Louisiana

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| Theater:|

Lower Seaboard Theater

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| Campaign:|

Taylor’s Operations in West Louisiana

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| Outcome:|

Union victory

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Combatants

Composite from 8 regiments

2nd Cavalry Brigade

Commanders

Albert Stickney
Lieutenant Colonel, USA

James P. Major
Colonel, CSA

Strength

838

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Casualties

219

Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor sent an expedition under Col. James P. Major to break Union supply lines, disrupt Union activities and force an enemy withdrawal from Brashear (Morgan) City and Port Hudson. Major set out from Washington, Louisiana, on Bayou Teche, heading south and east. While marching, his men conducted raids on Union forces, boats, and plantations and in the process captured animals and supplies and liberated slaves. Brig. Gen. William H. Emory, commanding the defenses of New Orleans, assigned Lt. Col. Albert Stickney to command in Brashear City and to stem the Rebel raid if possible. Emory informed Stickney of Major’s descent on LaFourche Crossing and ordered him to send troops. Feeling that no threat to Brashear City existed, Stickney, himself, led troops off to LaFourche Crossing, arriving on the morning of the 20th. That afternoon, Stickney's scouts reported that the enemy was advancing rapidly. The Rebel forces began driving in Stickney’s pickets around 5:00 pm. Confederate cavalry then advanced but was driven back. After the Union troops fired a few rounds, the Confederates withdrew in the direction of Thibodeaux. In the late afternoon of the 21st, Confederate soldiers engaged the Union pickets, and fighting continued for more than an hour before the Rebels retired. About 6:30 pm, the Confederates reappeared in force, started an artillery duel, and charged the Union lines at 7:00 pm. An hour later, the Confederates disengaged and retired toward Thibodeaux. The Union held the field. Despite the defeat, Major’s raiders continued on to Brashear City. (NPS summary)

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Major General Richard Taylor's Operations in West Louisiana, June-September 1863

LaFourche Crossing \-- 2nd Donaldsonville \-- Kock's Plantation \-- Stirling's Plantation

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Battles of the American Civil War: 1863

Eastern Theater|

Fort Anderson \-- Kelly's Ford \-- Washington, NC \-- Suffolk \-- Suffolk (Hill's Point) \-- Stoneman's Raid \-- Chancellorsville \-- Salem Church\--2nd Marye's Heights \-- Brandy Station \-- 2nd Winchester \-- Middleburg \-- Aldie \-- Upperville \-- Sporting Hill \-- Hanover \-- Gettysburg \-- Carlisle \-- Hunterstown \-- Fairfield \-- Monterey Pass \-- Williamsport \-- Boonsboro \-- Funkstown \-- Manassas Gap \-- 1st Auburn \-- 2nd Auburn \-- Bristoe Station \-- Buckland Mills \-- Droop Mountain \-- 2nd Rappahannock Station \-- Mine Run \-- Charlestown

Western Theater|

Arkansas Post \-- Dover \-- Thompson's Station \-- Vaught's Hill \-- Brentwood \-- 1st Franklin \-- Grand Gulf \-- Snyder’s Bluff \-- Day's Gap \-- Port Gibson \-- Raymond \-- Jackson, MS \-- Champion Hill \-- Big Black River Bridge \-- Vicksburg \-- Milliken's Bend \-- Hoover's Gap \-- Goodrich's Landing \-- Helena \-- Tebbs' Bend \-- Lebanon \-- Corydon \-- Buffington Island \-- Salineville \-- 2nd Chattanooga \-- Cumberland Gap \-- Davis' Cross Roads \-- Chickamauga \-- Blountsville \-- Wheeler's Raid \-- Blue Springs \-- Brown's Ferry \-- Wauhatchie \-- Collierville \-- Campbell's Station \-- Chattanooga \-- Ringgold Gap \-- Fort Sanders \-- Bean's Station \-- Mossy Creek

Trans-Mississippi Theater|

2nd Galveston \-- 2nd Springfield \-- Hartville \-- Cape Girardeau\-- Chalk Bluff \-- Cabin Creek \-- Honey Springs \-- Raid on Lawrence \-- Devil's Backbone \-- 2nd Sabine Pass \-- Bayou Forche \-- Baxter Springs \-- Pine Bluff

Lower Seaboard Theater|

1st Fort McAllister \-- 1st Charleston Harbor \-- Fort Bisland \-- Irish Bend \-- Vermillion Bayou \-- Plains Store \-- Port Hudson \-- LaFourche Crossing \-- 2nd Donaldsonville \-- 1st Fort Wagner \-- Grimball's Landing \-- 2nd Fort Wagner \-- 2nd Charleston Harbor \-- 2nd Fort Sumter \-- Kock's Plantation \-- Stirling's Plantation \-- Fort Brooke

Naval|

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