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Battle of Plains Store (view source)
Revision as of 23:46, December 15, 2010
, 23:46, December 15, 2010Created page with "{{ACWbattle |name=Battle of Plains Store<br/><small>Springfield Road</small> |image= |begin=May 21, 1863 |end=Same day |place=East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana |theater=Lower Se..."
{{ACWbattle
|name=Battle of Plains Store<br/><small>Springfield Road</small>
|image=
|begin=May 21, 1863
|end=Same day
|place=East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
|theater=Lower Seaboard Theater
|campaign=Siege of Port Hudson
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=1st Division, XIX Army Corps<br/>Cavalry Brigade
|combatants2=Small combined infantry, artillery,<br/>and cavalry force
|commanders1=[[Christopher C. Augur]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Frank P. Powers]]<br/>Colonel, CSA<br/>[[William R. Miles]]<br/>Colonel, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1='''150'''
|casualties2='''100'''
}}
Early in the morning of May 21, 1863, Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Augur’s Union division advanced from Baton Rouge toward the intersection of Plains Store and Bayou Sara roads on the way to secure a landing, on the river, for Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks. Col. Benjamin H. Grierson’s cavalry, in the lead, encountered Confederate forces under the command of Col. Frank P. Powers and skirmishing ensued. As the morning progressed the Union infantry approached the crossroads and came under fire, bringing on a general engagement. At noon, Col. W.R. Miles set out for Plains Store with Confederate reinforcements. By the time that Miles arrived in the area late in the day, the fighting had ceased, the Rebel forces had retreated, and the Federals were preparing camps for the night. Miles attacked the Union forces and, at first, drove them, but they regrouped and counterattacked. Miles could not stand against the overwhelming Union force and retired into the Port Hudson perimeter. The battle ended, and the last Confederate escape route from Port Hudson was closed. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Port Hudson}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1863}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]
|name=Battle of Plains Store<br/><small>Springfield Road</small>
|image=
|begin=May 21, 1863
|end=Same day
|place=East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana
|theater=Lower Seaboard Theater
|campaign=Siege of Port Hudson
|result=Union victory
|combatants1=1st Division, XIX Army Corps<br/>Cavalry Brigade
|combatants2=Small combined infantry, artillery,<br/>and cavalry force
|commanders1=[[Christopher C. Augur]]<br/>Major General, USA
|commanders2=[[Frank P. Powers]]<br/>Colonel, CSA<br/>[[William R. Miles]]<br/>Colonel, CSA
|strength1=
|strength2=
|casualties1='''150'''
|casualties2='''100'''
}}
Early in the morning of May 21, 1863, Maj. Gen. Christopher C. Augur’s Union division advanced from Baton Rouge toward the intersection of Plains Store and Bayou Sara roads on the way to secure a landing, on the river, for Maj. Gen. Nathaniel Banks. Col. Benjamin H. Grierson’s cavalry, in the lead, encountered Confederate forces under the command of Col. Frank P. Powers and skirmishing ensued. As the morning progressed the Union infantry approached the crossroads and came under fire, bringing on a general engagement. At noon, Col. W.R. Miles set out for Plains Store with Confederate reinforcements. By the time that Miles arrived in the area late in the day, the fighting had ceased, the Rebel forces had retreated, and the Federals were preparing camps for the night. Miles attacked the Union forces and, at first, drove them, but they regrouped and counterattacked. Miles could not stand against the overwhelming Union force and retired into the Port Hudson perimeter. The battle ended, and the last Confederate escape route from Port Hudson was closed. (''NPS summary'')
{{Template:Campaignbox Port Hudson}}
{{Template:ACW Battles of 1863}}
[[Category:American Civil War Battles]]