A Federal army-navy operation launches an attack on an isolated fort on the Arkansas River.
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The Battle of Richmond
Edmund Kirby Smith’s Confederate army confronts a small Federal force in the first full-scale battle of Smith’s incursion into Kentucky.
Arkansas: The Jenkins’ Ferry Engagement
April 30, 1864 – Confederates attacked Major General Frederick Steele’s Federal Army of Arkansas as it tried crossing the Saline River to get back to
Red River: Federals Advance from Natchitoches
April 2, 1864 – Federal forces at Natchitoches, Louisiana, looked to continue further up the Red River on the way to their ultimate goal of