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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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