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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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