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April 18-28—Bombardment and capture Fort Jackson and
Fort Saint Phillip
April 24—Union fleet passes Fort Jackson and Fort Saint
Phillip
April 25—United States Navy capture New Orleans
April 27-May 8
Confederates evacuate Fort Quitman on Grand Caillou Bayou
April 27—Union
troops recapture Forts Livingston, Pike, and Wood
April 28—Confederates
surrender Fort Jackson and Fort Saint Phillip
May 1—Union forces occupy New Orleans
May 12—Union forces capture the
setamer Fox
May 29—Union Forces occupy Baton Rouge
June 17—Skirmish at Manchac Pass
June 20—Skirmish at Des Allemands
Bayou
June 22—Skirmish at Des Allemands Bayou
June 27-29—Skirmish at the
Amite River
July 24—Skirmish on the Amite River
July 27—Skirmish near
Covington
July 27—Skirmish at Madisonville
August 5—Engagement at Baton Rouge
August 6—Union forces destroy the
C.S.S. Arkansas
August 9—Bombing of Donaldsonville
August 10—Affair at
Bayou Sara
August 15—Confederates occupy Port Hudson
August 20—Skirmish at
Baton Rouge
August 21—Union forces evacuate Baton Rouge
August 23—Affair
at Bayou Sara
August 29—Engagement between the batteries at Port Hudson and
the U.S.S. Anglo American
August 29—Skirmish near Saint Charles Court
House
September 4-5—Affairs at Des Allemands Bayou and Boutte Station
September
7—Engagement between the batteries at Port Hudson and the U.S.S.
Essex
September 18—Skirmish at Saint Charles Court House
September
15—Skirmish at Ponchatoula
September 24—Skirmish at Donaldsonville
October 4—Engagement near Donaldsonville
October 20—Skirmish at Bonnet
Carre
October 25—Union forces capture Donaldsonville
October 27—Action at
Georgia Landing
November 21-22—Affairs at Pette Anse Island
November 26—Skirmish at
Bonfouca Bayou
November 27—Confederate forces capture the steamer Lone Star
December l0—Skirmish at Desert Station
December 17—Union forces reoccupy
Baton Rouge
December 28—Union forces burn the state house in Baton
Rouge
December 29—Affair near Plaquemine
December 31-January 3,
1863—Affairs at Plaquemine
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