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The Red River Campaign. The primary military objective of the Union invasion of northwestern Louisiana from March -May 1864 was the capture of Shreveport, headquarters of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department. Confederate General Richard Taylor proceeded to defend the Red River against the invasion force of Banks, Porter, and Steele. The result was one of the most wretched Union failures of the war. |
| General William T. Sherman's March to the Sea. General Sherman continued his march through Georgia to the sea. In the course of the march, he cut himself off from his source of supplies, planning for his troops to live off the land. His men cut a path 300 miles in length and 60 miles wide as they passed through Georgia, destroying factories, bridges, railroads, and public buildings. |
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