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(Timeline 1863)

January 14�Engagement on Bayou Teche
January 14�Union forces destroy the C.S.S. Cotton
January 28�Skirmish at Indian Village

March 7�General Banks� army moves to Baton Rouge
March 9-10�Skirmishes at the Montesano Bridge
March 14-15�Union forces demonstrate against Port Hudson
March 14-15�Confederate batteries at Port Hudson engage the Union fleet

March 28�Confederate forces capture the U.S.S. Diana

April 7�Confederate forces attack the U.S.S. Barataria
April 9-11�The Union army crosses Berwick Bay
April 11�Skirmish near Pattersonville
April 12-13�Engagement at Fort Bisland
April 12�Affair on the Amite River
April 13�Skirmish at Indian Bend, Porter's Plantation and McWilliams' Plantation
April 14�Union forces destroy the C.S.S. Diana and the C.S.S. Hart
April 14�Engagement at Irish Bend
April 14�Skirmish at Jeanerette
April 14�Union forces destroy the C.S.S. Queen of the West
April 16�Skirmish at Newtown
April 17�Skirmish on the Amite River
April 17�Action at Vermillion Bayou
April 18�Union forces destroy the Confederate salt works at New Iberia
April 18�Affair near Plaquemine
April 20�Union Navy captures Butte-la-Rose
April 20�Union forces occupy the towns of Opelousas and Washington
April 21�Union forces capture the Confederate steamer Ellen
April 22�Skirmish on the Boeuf Bayou Road

May 1�Skirmish near Washington
May 6�United States Navy occupies Alexandria
May 13�Skirmish at Ponchatoula
May 14�Skirmish at Boyce's Bridge
May 15�Skirmish at Independence Station
May 16�Skirmish at Tickfaw Bridge
May 18�Affair near Cheneyville
May 20�Skrimish near Cheneyville
May 21 (to July 8)�Siege of Port Hudson
May 21�Action at Plains Store
May 22�Skirmish at Courtableau Bayou
May 22�Confederates attack the steamer Louisiana Belle
May 23�Skirmishes on the Springfield and Plains Store Roads
May 25�Skirmish at Centreville
May 25�Union forces capture the C.S.S. Starlight and the C.S.S. Red Chief
May 25�Skirmish at Thompson's Creek
May 27�Union troops assault Port Hudson

June 1�Skirmish at Berwick Bay
June 4�Skirmish at the Atchafalaya River
June 11�Union forces capture the Confederate outposts at Port Hudson
June 14�Union forces assault Port Hudson
June 16�Confederate forces raid the Union lines around Port Hudson
June 18�Skirmish at Plaquemine
June 19�Confederate Raid on Bayou Goula
June 20-21�Engagement at La Fourche Crossing
June 20�Confederates capture Thibodeaux
June 21�Skirmish at Brashear City
June 23�Confederates capture Brashear City
June 24�Skirmish at Chacahoula Station
June 26�Confederate forces capture Union outposts at Port Hudson
June 28�Attack on Donaldsonville

July 2�Affair at Springfield Landing
July 8�Confedertaes surrender Port Hudson
July 8 �Attacks on the steamer Saint Mary's
July 12-13�Engagement near Donaldsonville
July 18�Skirmish at Des Allemands
July 22�Union forces reoccupy Brashear City

August 3�Skirmish at Jackson
August 29-30�Mutiny at Camp Hubbard

September 7�Skirmish at Morgan's Ferry
September 7-9�Skirmishes along the Atchafalaya River
September 12�Skirmish at Stirling's Plantation
September 19�Skirmish on the Greenwell Springs Road
September 20�Skirmish at Morgan's Ferry
September 22�Confederates capture and the Union recaptures the tugboat  Leviathan
September 23�Affair at Donaldsonville
September 29�Action at Stirling's Plantation

October 3�Skirmish on Teche Bayou
October 4�Affair at Nelson's Bridge
October 5�Skirmish on the Greenwell Springs Road
October 9-10�Skirmishes at Vermillion Bayou
October 14-15�Skirmishes at Carrion Crow Bayou
October 16�Skirmishes at Grand Coteau
October 18�Skirmish at Carrion Crow Bayou
October 19�Skirmish at Grand Coteau
October 21�Skirmish at Barre's Landing
October 21�Occupation of Opelousas by Union forces
October 21�Skirmish at Opelousas
October 24�Skirmish at Washington
October 30�Affair near Opelousas
October 31�Skirmish at Washington

November 1-17�Union forces leave Opelousas
November 2�Skirmish at Bayou Bourbeau
November 2�Skirmish at Buzzard's Prairie
November 3�Skirmish at Bayou Bourbeau
November 3�Engagement at Buzzard's Prairie
November 3�Skirmish at Carrion Crow Bayou
November 5�Skirmish at Vermillionville
November 8�Skirmish at Tunica Bend or Bayou Tunica
November 8�Skirmish at Vermillionville
November 9�Skirmish near Bayou Sara
November 9�Skirmish near Indian Bayou
November 11�Skirmish at Carrion Crow Bayou
November 11�Skirmish at Vermillion Bayou
November 18�Skirmish at Carrion Crow Bayou
November 20�Skirmish at Camp Pratt
November 22�Affair on Lake Borgne
November 23�Affair at Bayou Portage
November 25�Skirmish near Vermillion  Bayou
November 25�Affair at Camp Pratt
November 30�Skirmish near Port Hudson
November 30�Skirmish at Vermillion Bayou

December 3�Affair at Saint Martinsville
December 9�Mutiny at Fort Jackson

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(Timeline 1863)