Everything about The Battle Of Mansfield totally explained
The
Battle of Mansfield, also known as the
Battle of Sabine Cross-Roads or
Pleasant Grove, on
April 8,
1864, in
De Soto Parish, Louisiana, was the first major clash of the
Union Army's
Red River Campaign during the
American Civil War.
Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks's
Union contingent ascended the
Red River to within 25 miles of the
Texas border, but lost contact with the accompanying
gunboat fleet, due to low water conditions and the necessity for the army to follow an established road that turned inland away from the river. Maj. Gen.
Richard Taylor, in command of the
Confederate forces, along with his subordinates
Brig. Gen. Thomas Green and Maj. Gen.
Camille de Polignac, determined to make a stand near
Mansfield against the direct orders of his more cautious superior, Maj. Gen.
E. Kirby Smith, the commander of all Confederate forces west of the
Mississippi River.
Green's
cavalry harassed the Union vanguard as they advanced. Confederate forces attacked the disorganized Federals and decisively routed them. Both pursuit and reinforcement were hampered by the Union
wagon train's blockage of the narrow road, which fell into Confederate hands. Banks, despite displaying great personal bravery in attempting to rally his troops, was revealed once again to be a military incompetent.
When darkness and stiffening Union resistance ended pursuit, the Union had suffered the loss of many supplies, and the force was demoralized. The Confederates, however, were consumed with hope that the entire Union expedition could be destroyed. A large number of Union prisoners of war were sent by the Confederates to
Camp Ford, a prison stockade in Texas.
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