Battle of LaFourche Crossing
1863 CE.
Shown on the map at 29.767°, -90.765°.
The Battle of LaFourche Crossing (also spelled Lafourche Crossing) took place at Lafourche Crossing, Louisiana, on June 20–21, 1863, during the American Civil War. In order to support the besieged garrisons of Port Hudson, Louisiana, and Vicksburg, Mississippi, Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi Department went on the offensive. Major General John George Walker and his Texas Division were unsuccessful at supporting Vicksburg in northeast Louisiana, while Brigadier General Alfred Mouton led troops into the Lafourche region of southern Louisiana in support of Port Hudson. Both strikes were under the supervision of Major General Richard Taylor. One prong of the Lafourche offensive was made by Colonel James P. Major's brigade of Texas cavalry. Major's men raided Plaquemine and Bayou Goula before bypassing Fort Butler at Donaldsonville. In response, the Union garrison at Lafourche Crossing was reinforced by troops under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Albert Stickney. Advance elements of Major's force captured Thibodaux on June 20 and cut the telegraph at Terrebonne Station, before probing the Lafourche Crossing defenses that afternoon.
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