April 21, 1864 – Major General Nathaniel P. Banks’s Federals moved out of Grand Ecore, Louisiana, while struggling to salvage one of their best gunboats.
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North Carolina: Confederates Reclaim Plymouth
April 20, 1864 – Confederate army and navy forces regained a town that enabled them to open the vital Roanoke River to commerce on the
North Carolina: Confederates Target Plymouth
April 19, 1864 – Confederates prepared to attack an important Federal post on the North Carolina coast, with help from a new ironclad. By this
Red River: The Poison Spring Engagement
April 17, 1864 – Major General Frederick Steele’s Federal Army of Arkansas ran into trouble trying to collect supplies outside Camden, Arkansas. Steele’s Federals, now
Red River: Banks Misses His Deadline
April 15, 1864 – The deadline arrived for Major General Nathaniel P. Banks to return Major General William T. Sherman’s Federal troops, even though Banks
The Fort Pillow Controversy
April 12, 1864 – Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest’s Confederate cavalry attacked the Federal garrison at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River, and a controversy