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RED RIVER CAMPAIGN, MAR-MAY 1864

A Working Bibliography of MHI Sources

CONTENTS General Histories.....p.1 Specific Engagements -Steele's (23 Mar-3 May).....p.4 -Blair’s Landing (12-13 Apr)…..p.5 -Sabine Crossroads/Mansfield (8 Apr).....p.5 -Pleasant Hill (9 Apr).....p.6 -Red River Dam Construction.....p.6

GENERAL HISTORIES

Alderdice, Bruce A. “Curious Clash at Blair’s Landing.” America’s Civil War (Jul 1997): pp. 58-64. Per.

Anders, Curt. Disaster in Damp Sand: The Red River Expedition. Indianapolis, IN: Guild Press, 1997. 166 p. E476.33.A54.

Bailey, Anne J. "Chasing Banks Out of : Parson's Cavalry in the ." CW Regiments 3: pp. 212-35. Per.

Barr, Alwyn. “Confederate Artillery in Western Louisiana, 1864.” In The Civil War in Louisiana. 2 vols. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, 2002. Vol. I, pp. 550-63. E565.C58.

Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Vol. 4. NY: Yoseloff, 1956. pp. 345-78. E470.B346v4.

Brooksher, William R. War along the : The 1864 Red River Campaign in Louisiana. Wash, DC: Brassey’s, 1998. 287 p. E476.33.B76.

Church, Frank L. Civil War Marine: A Diary of the Red River Expedition, 1864. Wash, DC: GPO, 1975. 89 p. E476.33.C45. Red River p.2

Cooley, Coretta D. Yankees on the Red River: A Novel of the Civil War. Alexandria, LA: Cooley Books, 1988. 173 p. PZ3.C66Yan.1988.

Czech, Kenneth P. "Gunboats Up the River." America's Civil War (May 1990): pp. 42-48. Per.

Dohrman, H. G. "Diplomacy and Inland Naval Warfare." Military Engineer (May/Jun 1934): pp. 212-15. Per.

Dupree, Stephen A. Planting the Union Flag in Texas: The Campaigns of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks in the West. College Station: TX A & M, 2008. 293 p. E467.1.B23.D87.

Fairbanks, Henry N. "The Red River Expedition of 1864." In War Papers (MOLLUS, ME, Vol. 1). Portland, ME: Thurston, 1898. pp. 181-90. E464.M5.1991v16.

Flinn, Frank M. Campaigning With Banks in Louisiana, '63 and '64, and With Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley in '64 and '65. Boston: W.B. Clarke, 1889. 239 p. E470.7.F63.

Forsyth, Michael J. The Red River Campaign of 1864 and the Loss by the Confederacy of the Civil War. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2002. 182 p. E476.33.F67.

Goc, Michael J. Hero of the Red River: The Life and Times of . Friendship, WI: New Past Pr, 2007. 320 p. E467.1.B13.G63.

Hailston, Earl B. "Joint Operations in the Civil War: The Mississippi." AWC student paper, 1989. 81 p. Arch.

Homans, John. "The Red River Expedition." In Papers of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, Vol. 8. Boston: By the Society, 1910. pp. 65-98. E470.M65v8.

Hubbard, Lucius F. Minnesota in the Red River Expedition, 1864, and the Campaign of Mobile, 1865. St. Paul, MN: n.p., 1908. 47 p. E476.33.H83.

_____. "The Red River Expedition." In Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle (MOLLUS, MN, Vol. 2). St. Paul, MN: St. Paul Book & Sta Co, 1890. pp. 267-79. E464.M5.1991v27.

Huffstodt, James T. "Ransom at the Crossroads: One Man's Ruin on the Red River." [BG Thomas E.G. Ransom] Civil War Times Illustrated (Dec 1980): pp. 8-17. Per.

Johnson, Ludwell H. Red River Campaign: Politics and Cotton in the Civil War. Gaithersburg, MD: Butternut, 1986 reprint of 1958 edition. 317 p. E476.33.J6.

Joiner, Gary D. Little to Eat and Thin Mud to Drink: Letters, Diaries, and Memoirs From the Red River Campaigns, 1863-1864. Knoxville, TN: U TN, 2007. 342 p. E476.33.L57.

_____. One Damn Blunder from Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864. Wilmington, DE: Scholarly Resources, 2003. 198 p. E476.33.J65. Red River p.3

_____. Through the Howling Wilderness: The 1864 Red River Campaign and Union Failure in the West. Knoxville: U TN Pr, 2006. 305 p. E476.33.J66.

_____, & Vettern, Charles E. “The Union Naval Expedition on the Red River, March 12-, 1864.” Civil War Regiments Vol. 4, No. 2: pp. 26-67. Per.

Leaf, William N. "War in the Second District." Military Engineer (May/Jun 1938): pp. 195-203. Per.

Longacre, Edward G. "Rescue on Red River." Civil War Times Illustrated (Oct 1975): pp. 4-9 & 39-42. Per. Rescue of Porter's fleet.

Mayeux, Steven M. Earthen Walls, Iron Men: Fort DeRussy, Louisiana, and the Defense of Red River. Knoxville, TN: U TN, 2007. 370 p. UA26.D43.M39.

Meiners, Fredericka. “Hamilton P. Bee in the Red River Campaign of 1864.” In The Civil War in Louisiana. Vol. 1. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, 2002. pp. 510-28. E565.C58.

Mitcham, Samuel W. and the Red River Campaign of 1864. Gretna, LA: Pelican, 2012. 384 p. E476.33.M58.

Modica, Michael A. “The Civil War in Louisiana: General Banks’ Failed Red River Campaign of 1864.” MA thesis, U Houston-Clear Lake, 1999. 110 p. E476.33.M63.

Parkhurst, Charles. Incidents of Cavalry Service in Louisiana. [3rd Rhode Island Cavalry] Providence, RI: S.S. Rider, 1879. 25 p. E464.M5.1991v32.

"The Red River Campaign." US Service Magazine (1864): pp. 417-31. Per.

Steers, Ed., ed. “Garrison Duty in Alexandria: The Red River Campaign Letters of Lt. Charles W. Kennedy, 156th New York Volunteer Infantry.” Civil War Regiments Vol. 4, No. 2: pp. 104-17. Per.

Sutherland, Daniel E. “1864: ‘A Strange, Wild Time.” In Rugged and Sublime: The Civil War in . Fayetteville, AR: U AR, 1994. pp. 105-44. E553.R84.

Trudeau, Noah A. “Louisiana Quagmire.” MHQ (Autumn 2010): pp. 50-59. Per.

U.S. AGO. The Red River Campaign: Organization of the Union Forces (Commanded by Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks), March 31, 1864. n.p., n.d. 6 p. E475.35.U58pam8.

U.S. Congress. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Red River Expedition. Milwood, NY: Kraus, 1977. 401 p. E470.U589.1977g.

“Unpublished After-Action Reports from the Red River Campaign.” CW Regiments Vol. 4, No. 2: pp. 118-35. Per. Red River p.4

Wells, Carol, editor. War, Reconstruction and Redemption on Red River: The Memoirs of Dosia Williams Moore. Ruston, LA: LA Tech, 1990. 135 p. F377R3M66.

Williams, E. Cort. "Recollections of the Red River Expedition." In Sketches of War History (MOLLUS, OH, Vol. 2). Cincinnati, OH: Robert Clarke, 1888. pp. 96-120. E464.M5.1991v2.

Winters, John D. The Civil War in Louisiana. Baton Rouge: LSU, 1963. 534 p. E565.W54. See Chaps. 20-23.

STEELE'S CAMDEN EXPEDITION

Andrews, C.C. "The Third Minnesota in the Battle of Fitzhugh's Woods." In Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle (MOLLUS, MN, Vol. 6). Minneapolis, MN: Davis, 1909. pp. 511-18. E464.M5.1991v31.

Bearss, Edwin C. Steele's Retreat From Camden and the Battle of Jenkin's Ferry. Little Rock, AR: AR CW Centennial Comm, 1967. 190 p. E476.35.B4.

Bohlender, Dean A. "Battle of Poison Springs, Arkansas, April 18, 1864." In Civil War Battles in the West. Manhattan, KS: Sunflower UP, 1980. pp. 87-98. E470.9.C9.

Brown, William W. The Negro in the American Rebellion... Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1967. pp. 225-38. E540.N3.B8. [Poison Springs].

Burkhardt, George S. Confederate Rage, Yankee Wrath: No Quarter in the Civil War. Carbondale, IL: S IL, 2007. 338 p. E468.9.B889. See Chap. 9.

Christ, Mark K., Editor. “All Cut to Pieces and Gone to Hell”: The Civil War, Race Relations, and the Battle of Poison Spring. Little Rock, AR: August House, 2003. 147 p. E476.35.A44.

Drake, F. M. "Campaign of General Steele..." In War Sketches and Incidents (MOLLUS, IA, Vol. 1). Des Moines, IA: Kenyon, 1893. pp. 60-73. E464.M5.1991v55.

Forsyth, Michael J. The Camden Expedition of 1864 and the Opportunity Lost by the Confederacy to Change the Civil War. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2003. 210 p. E476.35.F67.

Gill, Samuel T. "The Pain of Pyrric Victory." Civil War Times Illustrated (May 1984): pp. 8-15 & 42-43. Per.

Urwin, Gregory J.W. “’Cut to Pieces and Gone to Hell’: The Poison Spring Massacre.” North and South (Aug 2000): pp. 45-57. Per. Red River p.5

BLAIR’S LANDING

Barr, Alwyn. “The Battle of Blair's Landing.” In The Civil War in Louisiana. Vol. 1 Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Studies, 2002. pp. 462-66. E565.C58.

Milbourn, Curtis, & Joiner, Gary. “The Battle of Blair’s Landing.” North & South (Feb 2007): pp. 12-21. Per.

SABINE CROSSROADS/MANSFIELD

Ayres, Thomas. Dark and Bloody Ground: The and the Forgotten Civil War in Louisiana. Dallas, TX: Taylor, 2001. 282 p. E470.7A97.

Bergeron, Arthur W., Jr. “A Colonel Gains his Wreath: ’s Louisiana Brigade at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864.” Civil War Regiments Vol. 4, No. 2: pp. 1-25. Per.

Bounds, Steve, & Milbourn, Curtis. “The Battle of Mansfield.” North & South (Feb 2003): pp. 26-39. Per.

Comtois, Pierre. “Collision at Sabine Crossroads.” Military History (Oct 1997): pp. 54-60. Per.

Holmes, Jack D.L. "The Battle of Sabine Crossroads." Civil War Times Illustrated (Nov 1962): pp. 14-19. Per.

Milourn, Curtis. “Fighting for Time.” (May 2002): pp. 68-76. Per.

Plummer, Alonzo H. Confederate Victory at Mansfield: Including Federal Advance From and Retreat to Natchitoches. Mansfield, LA: Kate Beard Chap, UDC, 1969. 56 p. E476.33.P58.

Savas, Theodore P. “A Death at Mansfield: Col. James Hamilton Beard and the Consolidated Crescent Regiment.” Civil War Regiments Vol. 4, No. 2: pp. 68-103. Per. Red River p.6

PLEASANT HILL

Milbourn, Curtis, & Bounds, Steve. “The .” North & South (Nov 2005): pp. 70-89. Per.

Waterfall, Richard T. "Battle of Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864." In Civil War Battles in the West. Manhattan, KS: Sunflower, 1980. pp. 76-86. E470.9.C9.

RED RIVER DAM

Cron, Frederick W. "Colonel Bailey's Red River Dams." Military Engineer (Nov/Dec 1937): pp. 421-24. Per.

Pearsall, Uri B., comp. The Official Reports of Building the "Red River Dam" at Alexandria, La., May, 1864, Which Saved the Mississippi Flotilla Under Admiral Porter, From Destruction. n.p., 1896. 14 p. E173.P18no201pam12.

Wilson, James G. "The Red River Dam." In Personal Recollections of the War of the Rebellion (MOLLUS, NY, Vol. 1). NY: By the Commandery, 1891. pp. 78-95. E464.M5.1991v20.

_____. "The Red River Dam, With Comments on the Red River Campaign." Journal of the Military Service Institute of the US (1891): pp. 589-600. Per.