Louisiana is in the news this day. The Union ship Kentucky leaves Shreveport late in the day with some 800 passengers aboard, many paroled Confederate soldiers, some with their families. Plying the Red River, the overloaded ship strikes a snag that rips a gash in the vessel. Two hours pass before the leak is noticed.…
The last army of the Confederacy surrendered yesterday, and today Fort Randolph in Louisiana follows suit. Built in late 1864 to defend against expected Union advances in the state, Fort Randolph did not play a major role in the war. Also this day the CSS Missouri surrenders to the Union, the last ironclad to do…
In Louisiana, Union forces continue their campaign up the Red River, placing ever more pressure on Confederate forces in the area. Meanwhile, in the Eastern theater of war, the 102nd Illinois Regiment moves out from Lookout Valley, straddling the Tennessee and Georgia state lines, on a scouting expedition southwest-ward to Deer Head Cove, Georgia, near…