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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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