Fort DeRussy, located south of Alexandria, Louisiana, and four miles (6 km) north of Marksville, was a Confederate earthwork stronghold during the American...

The Battle of Fort DeRussy was the first engagement in the Red River Campaign of March–May 1864 in the American Civil War. The Union Army of the Gulf under...

Fort DeRussy may refer to one of four forts constructed in the United States between 1861 and 1900, named for René Edward De Russy or his younger brother...

site called Bath Villa. Fort DeRussy in Honolulu is one of five Forts DeRussy in the United States. There is one in Louisiana, one in Kentucky, and one...

Fort DeRussy, constructed near Marksville, Louisiana during the Civil War. De Russy was born in 1795 and grew up in New York City. His father Thomas De Russy...

24, 1907. There are five Forts DeRussy in the United States: Fort DeRussy Military Reservation in Honolulu, two in Louisiana, one in Kentucky, and one...

Navy's May 4, 1863 attack on Fort DeRussy in an attempt to disrupt the hold by Confederates over the Red River region of Louisiana. That award was conferred...

Hampton Roads all the way to Fort Donelson Tennessee, Port Hudson, and Fort DeRussy, Louisiana. The Union forces withdrew to Fort Monroe across Hampton Roads...

The Times Picayune. Steven M. Mayeux, Earthen Walls, Iron Men: Fort DeRussy, Louisiana, and the Defense of Red River, University of Tennessee Press, 2007...

Fort Scurry, Louisiana. - 13 March 1864 Fort DeRussy, Louisiana. - 15 March 1864 Henderson's Hill, Louisiana. - 21 March 1864 Grand Ecore, Louisiana....

mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania,...

public Fort Armstrong Fort DeRussy, closed to the public Fort Hase, closed to the public Fort Kamehameha Fort Elizabeth, open to the public Fort Ruger...

line of fortresses (Fort Lincoln to Fort Totten), Meigs commanded the northern line of forts (Fort Totten to Fort DeRussy—including Fort Stevens) and Augur's...

Fort DeRussy Fort McNair Fort Stanton Fort Stevens Fort Totten The Pentagon Fort Ashby Fort Milroy Fort Pearsall Prickett's Fort Fort Randolph Fort Crawford...

2006. ISBN 1572335440 Mayeux, Steven M. Earthen Walls, Iron Men: Fort DeRussy, Louisiana, and the Defense of Red River. Knoxville: University of Tennessee...

Fort DeRussy. Choctaw arrived at Algiers, Louisiana, on 20 July 1865, and was decommissioned on 22 July 1865. She was sold at New Orleans, Louisiana on...

Overland Expedition of 1863. Fort Worth, Texas: Ryan Place, 1996. Mayeux, Steven M. Earthen Walls, Iron Men: Fort DeRussy, Louisiana, and the Defense of the...

Choctaw, Fort Hindman, and Cricket. When they reached the obstructions which the southerners had taken five months to build below Fort DeRussy, "...our...

part in the capture of Alexandria, Louisiana, and assisted in the partial destruction of Fort DeRussy, Louisiana, between 3 May and 17 May. During this...

Merrill[citation needed] Fort Eisenhower Fort Moore Fort Stewart Hunter Army Airfield Fort DeRussy (MWR Resort) Hale Koa Hotel Fort Shafter Kunia Field Station[citation...

the Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1977. ISBN 0-8071-0867-7. Detzer, David. Allegiance: Fort Sumter, Charleston, and the Beginning...

O'Donnell Ireland First Lieutenant Army Vicksburg, Mississippi and Fort DeRussy, Louisiana May 22, 1863 and March 14, 1864 Paul A. Oliver At sea (English...

8, 1861, Louisiana Governor Thomas Overton Moore ordered the Louisiana militia to occupy the U.S. arsenal at Baton Rouge and the U.S. forts guarding New...

General Nathaniel P. Banks led his Army of the Gulf up the Red River in Louisiana, intending to invade eastern Texas and to seize cotton to supply the New...

ISBN 9781572334618. Mayeux, Steven M. (2007). Earthen Walls, Iron Men: Fort DeRussy, Louisiana, and the Defense of Red River. Knoxville: University of Tennessee...

United States Congress. Steven M. Mayeux, Earthen Walls, Iron Men: Fort DeRussy, Louisiana, and the Defense of Red River, University of Tennessee Press, 2007...

parks Louisiana State Arboretum "Louisiana State Historic Sites". Archived from the original on 2011-02-26. Retrieved 2011-04-12. "Fort DeRussy News -...

driven off at Simmesport and Maj. Gen. A. J. Smith's troops marched on Fort DeRussy, which was taken by the combined land and naval forces on 14 March 1864...

Wheatley, p. 105. Gaines, W. Craig, Encyclopedia of Civil War shipwrecks, Louisiana State University Press, 2008 Archived 29 November 2010 at the Wayback...

at Gordon's Landing near Marksville, Louisiana. She came under heavy fire by the shore batteries of Fort DeRussy and was run aground onto the right bank...