Over 50 portraits of Confederates dressed in uniform are included in this short illustrated history of the Red River Campaign. The Red River Campaign Spring; 1864 AVOYELLES PARISH March 11 – Yankees cross Atchafalaya at Simmesport March 13 - Boute de Bayou skirmish near Moreauville March 14 – Confederate Fort DeRussy is captured RAPIDES PARISH March 16-20 –Union troops occupy Alexandria March 21 – Skirmish at Henderson Hill NATCHITOCHES PARISH March 31 – Union troops occupy Natchitoches April 2 – Skirmish at Crump’s Corner April 3 – Union captures Port of Grand Ecore DESOTO PARISH April 7 – Skirmishes at Wilson’s Farm Tenmile Bayou April 8 – Battle of Sabine Crossroads (Mansfield) SABINE PARISH April 9 – Battle of Pleasant Hill NATCHITOCHES PARISH April 10-21 -Union troops hold up at Grand Ecore April 23 - Battle of Cloutierville Monette’s Ferry RAPIDES PARISH May 1 – Entire Union army back in Alexandria May 7 – Union navy retires to Alexandria May 11 -13 Bailey’s Dam built to free trapped ships AVOYELLES PARISH May 4 - USS Covington Warner sink at Dunn’s Bayou May 16 - Battle of Marksville May 17 – Battle of Mansura May 18– Battle of Moreauville May 18 – Battle of Yellow Bayou May 19- Union army re-crosses Atchafalaya and retreats to Baton Rouge
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Great book; a valuable resource and a good read.By Narut UjnatThis volume; originally published in 1979 in conjunction with the 10th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing is one terrific history of the development of the Apollo program from the beginning.Most people think and believe that Al Shepard's flight gave way to President Kennedy's speeches regarding landing a "man on the moon and returning him safely to earth before the decade was out" was the start of a crash course in lunar technology that culminated in the Apollo 11 landing June 20; 1969 and his murder in 1963 was the serious spur. Not true.In fact; NASA and predecessor NACA; along with adjunct organizations and the military had been studying the problems of space travel for some time; and Von Braun's team had also pushed for a lunar mission as well. This book gives an outstanding history of this period through the rest of the Apollo program through 1969.This is a fascinating book and very well-written. Coupled with other volumes available; this gives a great course in the massive engineering effort that went to solving this forbidding physics problem. Honestly; it is amazing that the spacecraft were fairly conceived by 1963; with the innards being developed as the spacecraft was tested.The book delivers the story plus much information that is somewhat obscure by today's standards but still interesting for those readers wanting to delve further into the program. The book isn't particularly science based; but does have a good technical basis (If you are looking for a more technical examination; this probably isn't the book for you).Overall: a terrific read and very well done. Even though now we approach the 50th (!) anniversary of the landing; this is still a great achievement.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Wiseguy59Great book with lots of little-known information.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Kevin M.Extremely in depth about the space race. One of my favorites so far.
