March 11, 1864

March 11, 1864

 

---Between Alexandria and Shreveport, Louisiana, along the Red River, Richard Taylor, with only about 7,000 troops, is preparing to fight a delaying retreat, scorched-earth response to the impending combined Federal expedition up the Red under Gen. Banks and Adm. Porter’s river flotilla.  Taylor is arresting all Union sympathizers, and impressing the rest into the army.