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Battle of Henderson's Hill

Confederate Commander

Col. William G. Vincent

Casualties:

Captured: 713

March 21, 1864

Boyce, Louisiana

Union Victory

Also Called Bayou Rapides

Part of the Red River Campaign

Union Commander

Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower

Confederate Order of Battle

Confederate Official Records

Gen. E. Kirby Smith

Trans Mississippi Department

Lieut. Edward Cunningham

Aide-de-Camp

Chief of Artillery

Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor

Commander, District of West Louisiana

Battlefield Trust

Fort Henderson

Union Order of Battle

Union Official Records

Boatner, Mark M. III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: David McKay, 1967. p 686

Dimitry, John. "Louisiana." Confederate Military History, Volume X Part 1. Atlanta: Confederate Publishing,, 1899. rpt.

          National Historical Society, 2008. p 126-134

Irwin, Richard B. "The Red River Campaign." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume IV Part I. Robert

          Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National Historical Society,

          2006. p 345-362

Smith, E. Kirby. "The Defense of the Red River." Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Grant-Lee Edition Volume IV Part I.

          Robert Underwood Johnson and Clarence Clough Buel, eds. New York: Century Co., 1884-1887. rpt. National Historical

          Society, 2006. p 369-374

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