Qualla: Battle of Mansfield https://qualla.com/battle-of-mansfield en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:04 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/t/q/battle-of-mansfield-wp/episcopal-church-in-mansfield-.jpg Qualla: Battle of Mansfield https://qualla.com/battle-of-mansfield Battle of Mansfield: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-mansfield/ Photo credit United States War Department, Public domain. For two hours on the afternoon of April 8, 1864, two armies stared at each other across a clearing in the Louisiana woods and waited. Confederate Major General Richard Taylor -- son of President Zachary Taylor -- had chosen this spot south of Mansfield as the place he would stop the Union advance on Shreveport. Union General Nathaniel Banks had ridden to the front, surveyed the Confederate line, and decided to fight right here. The question was which side could bring enough men to the field first. It was a race run on a single road through dense timber, with reinforcements strung out for miles in both directions. When the waiting ended at four o'clock, the battle lasted barely three hours. The Union army shattered.

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/t/q/battle-of-mansfield-wp/9vtq-battle-of-mansfield-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Mansfield: A River, a Fleet, and a Single Road https://qualla.com/battle-of-mansfield/ Photo credit Unknown author, Public domain. The Red River Campaign was supposed to be a coordinated strike. In the second half of March 1864, Union forces from the Army of the Gulf pushed up the Red River alongside Admiral David Porter's fleet of gunboats, aiming to capture Shreveport and destroy Confederate power in Louis...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/t/q/battle-of-mansfield-wp/9vtq-battle-of-mansfield-a-river-a-fleet-and-a-single-road.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Mansfield: Old Men With Muskets https://qualla.com/battle-of-mansfield/ Photo credit Wikified, CC BY-SA 3.0. Taylor assembled roughly 9,000 troops at the start of the engagement: Alfred Mouton's Louisiana and Texas infantry, John G. Walker's Texas division, Thomas Green's Texas cavalry, and William Vincent's Louisiana cavalry brigade. Another 5,000 men under Thomas Churchill and Mosby P...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/t/q/battle-of-mansfield-wp/9vtq-battle-of-mansfield-old-men-with-muskets.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Mansfield: Three Lines Broken https://qualla.com/battle-of-mansfield/ Photo credit Wikified, CC BY-SA 3.0. At four o'clock, the Confederates surged forward. On the east side of the road, Mouton led his division's charge and was killed; several of his regimental commanders fell with him, and the attack stalled. But west of the road, Walker's Texans wrapped around the Union flank, foldi...

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]]> Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/9/v/t/q/battle-of-mansfield-wp/9vtq-battle-of-mansfield-three-lines-broken.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Mansfield: Twenty Cannons and a Women's College https://qualla.com/battle-of-mansfield/ Photo credit American Battlefield Protection Program, Public domain. The toll was devastating and lopsided. Union forces lost 113 killed, 581 wounded, and 1,541 captured, along with 20 cannons, 156 wagons, and a thousand horses and mules. More than half the Union casualties came from just four regiments: the 77th Illinois, 130th Illinois, 19th Ken...

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