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3,500 men. 1,000 men. The Battle of Plains Store was fought on May 21, 1863, in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, during the campaign to capture Port Hudson in the American Civil War. Union troops advancing from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, clashed with 600 Confederates at a road junction. The initial Confederate force withdrew, but 400 more ...
One of Banks's lead divisions from Baton Rouge encountered Confederates on May 21 at the Battle of Plains Store. The Confederates were driven back, and by May 22, Banks's forces, which increased in strength from 30,000 to 40,000 men as the operation progressed, had completed an investment of the Port Hudson defenses.
Miles' Legion was a unit of the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. It was commanded by Colonel William R. Miles. The unit was officially named the 32nd Louisiana Infantry Regiment but it was never referred to by that name. The legion fought at the Battle of Plains Store and the Siege of Port Hudson.
The expedition got underway in late May 1862 and the 48th Massachusetts left Camp Banks as part of the expedition on May 21. The regiment saw its first combat before the day was out as Union forces just outside of Baton Rouge encountered a Confederate column from Port Hudson precipitating the Battle of Plains Store. The 48th Massachusetts was ...
Miles was working as a crockery store clerk in Boston when the American Civil War began. He joined the Union Army as a volunteer on September 9, 1861, and fought in many crucial battles. He became a lieutenant in the 22nd Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and was commissioned a lieutenant colonel of the 61st New York Volunteer Infantry ...
The 18th Independent Battery New York Light Artillery was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The unit was organized in September 1862 and shipped to New Orleans. The battery fought at Fort Bisland, Vermillion Bayou, Plains Store, and Port Hudson in 1863. The battery served in garrison until 1865 ...
The 2nd Louisiana Field Battery was an artillery unit recruited from volunteers in Louisiana that fought in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War. The battery organized on 1 March 1862 at Red River Landing, Louisiana as Company B, of Miles' Legion Artillery. However, the battery usually served independently from Miles' Legion.
Port Hudson End.jpg 2,670 × 4,400; 5.56 MB. Categories: 1863 in the United States. Battles of the Lower Seaboard Theater and Gulf Approach of the American Civil War. Naval battles of the American Civil War. Sieges of the American Civil War. Union victories of the American Civil War. East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.