The plan was simple. In the spring of 1864, a combined Army-Navy operation under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks and Admiral David D. Porter would move up the Red River to capture Shreveport, the “capital” of Confederate Louisiana, and open the way to invade Texas. Loads of valuable cotton would end up in New England’s …
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