Engagements Where Prisoners Were Captured and Brought to Camp Ford

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The first Large contingent of Federal Prisoners was captured at an engagement at Stirling Plantation, Louisiana in September 1863, and included the 19th Iowa Infantry. Please click here for a brief history of the unit and an account of the engagement.

There were many engagements from which Union Prisoners were captured and brought to the camp. The following list is primarily taken from the exchange lists and given alphabetically by engagement. Where there was more than one action at the same location, multiple dates are given. There is no attempt to break out by numbers captured. It is too much of an accounting problem for this page. The large engagements such as Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, etc. are obvious.

It is interesting to note how many single locations are given where a scout or straggler was taken prisoner. There were some discrepancies in dates on the exchange lists.

If errors are noted, please notify us and they will be reviewed.

LOCATIONS & DATES

• Alexandria, LA – April 25, 1864 through May 15, 1864
• Aransas Pass, TX – December 14, 1863
• Arkansas River – January 17, 1865
• Arkadelphia, AR – March 29, 1864
• AtchafaLaya River, LA – June 26, 1864
• AtchafaLaya, LA – March 28, 1863, April 26, 1863, May 17, 1864, June 17, 1864
• Barber County, MO – Jan. 24, 1865
• Bayou Boeuff, LA – March 9. 1863, June 23-26, 1863, January 19, 1864
• Bayou Fordoche, LA – September 29, 1863
• Bayou GouLA , LA – January 20, 1865
• Bayou Lafourche, LA – September 1, 1864, September 18, 1864
• Bayou Mason, LA – June 7, 1864
• Bayou Pierre, LA – April 9, 1864
• Benton County, AR – October 25, 1864
• Bentonville, AR – June 7, 1864
• Benton, AR – November 27, 1863
• Berwick, LA – August 27, 1864
• Beth River, AR – December 13, 1863
• BLack River, LA – August 5, 1864
• Brashear City, LA – June 20, 1863
• Brownsville, AR – March 25, 1864
• Bruinsburg, LA – December 23, 1864
• Cabin Creek, C.N. – September 1,16,19, 1864
• Camden, AR – April 28, 1864
• Cane River, LA – April 23, 1864, plus other dates in April and May
• Cherokee Nation – September 16, 1864
• Clarksville, AR – December 10, 1864
• Clear Lake, AR – April 9, 1864
• Cloutierville, LA – April 25, 1864
• DeCrows Point – December 27, 1863
• Donaldsonville, LA – September 1, 1864
• Double Bridge, LA – April 9, 1864
• Elkins Ford, AR – April 3, 1864
• False River, LA – June 19, 1863
• Flat Rock, C.N. – September 16, 1864
• Floyd Landing, LA – August 25, 1863
• Fordoche, LA – June 2, 1864, October 13, 1864
• Franklin, LA – February 21, 1863, May 25, 1863, September 1, 1864
• Ft. Smith, AR – May 17, 1864, January 17, 1865
• Galveston, TX January 1, 1863
• Grand Ecore, LA – April 6, 10, 11, 15, 22, 1864
• Grand Lake, LA – September 1, 1864
• Grimes Landing, LA – June 7, 1864
• Gros Tete, LA – February 19, 1864, June 18, 24, 1864, February 3, 1865
• Gunter's Prairie, C.N. – August 24, 1864
• Helena, AR – October 15, 1863
• Houma, LA – November 23, 1864
• Indianola, TX – February 22, 1864
• Jenkins Ferry, AR – April 30, 1864, May 1, 15, 1864
• LaFourche, LA– July 13, 1864, October 22, 1864
• Lake Providence, LA – June 29, 1863
• Las Rucios, TX – June 10, 1864
• Lavaca, TX – February 22, 1864
• Lecompte, LA – May 17, 1864
• Little Rock, AR – September 3, 5, 1864, November 24, 1864, December 11, 1864, January 22, 1865
• Magnolia, AR – November 24, 1864
• Mansfield, LA – April 8, 1864
• Marks Mills, AR – April 25, 1864
• Massard Prairie, AR – July 27, 1864
• Mills Station, AR – September 5, 1864
• Monettes Bayou, LA – April 23, 1864
• Morgans Ferry, LA – September 16, 1864, October 7, 1864
• Morganza, LA – a great number of dates in the fall of 1864
• Mt. Elby, AR – April 20, 1864
• Natchitoches, LA – various dates in April and May 1864
• Near Ft. Gibson, C.N. – September 16, 1864
• Near Ft. Smith, AR – August 4, 1864, September 16, 1864, October 27-31, 1864
• Near Pine Bluff, AR – July 30, 1864
• Old River, LA – April 3, 1864
• "On Raft inMississippi River" – September 12, 1864
• Ozark, AR – April 12, 1864
• Perryville, ? – December 4, 1863
• Pike County, AR – August 11, 1864
• Pine Bluff, AR May 1, 1864, July 8, 1864, November 24, 1864, many other single dates
• Pineville, LA – May 1, 1864
• Plaquemine, LA – November 21, 1864, December 31, 1864
• Pleasant Blff, C.N. – June 15, 1864
• Pleasant Hill, LA – April 9, 1864
• Poison Spring, AR – April 18, 1864
• Port Lavaca, TX – January 22, 1864
• Prairie d'Anne, AR April 2, 4, 14, 1864
• Princeton, AR April 29, December 8, 1864
• Pt. Coupee, LA – July 30, 1864
• Richmond, LA – June 6, 1863
• Sabine Pass, TX– September 8, 1863
• Off Sabine Pass, TX – January 21, 1863
• Saline River, AR – April 30, 1864, various single dates in surrounding months
• Salt River, LA – June 29, 1863
• Scott Crossing, AR – April 18, 1864
• Sicily IsLand, LA – October 11, 1864
• Snaggy Point, LA – May 1,3,5, 1864
• Spoonville, AR – April 2, 1864
• St. Joseph, LA December 23, 1864
• St. Maurice, LA – May 1, 1864
• Sulphur Springs, LA – May 15, 1864
• Tallequah, C.N. – October 29, 1864
• Terrebonne, LA – June 20, 24, 1863
• Thibodeaux, LA – June 20, 1863
• Vermillionville, LA – August 12, October 11, 1863
• Washington, AR – April 1864
• Webber's Falls, C.N. – September 9, October 12, 13, 1864
• Williamsford, (Willingford) LA Septebmer 16, 1864
• Yellow Bayou, LA – May 17, 1864
• Youngs Point, LA – October 21, 1864