Nathaniel P. Banks begins the process of reconstructing Louisiana under President Abraham Lincoln’s “Ten Percent Plan” by calling on delegates to form a convention to rewrite the state constitution.
Tag: Department of the Gulf
The Red River Plan
The Lincoln administration initiates a third effort to capture eastern Texas, this time using the Red River as an invasion route. But not everyone in the Federal high command agrees with the strategy.
Federals Control the Atchafalaya
Nathaniel P. Banks avoids attacking the Confederate garrison at Port Hudson by instead targeting objectives in western Louisiana.
Seeking to Open the Mississippi
Nathaniel P. Banks receives orders assigning him to command the Federal Department of the Gulf, operating mostly in Louisiana and Texas. Banks would eventually succeed the controversial Benjamin F. Butler.