Battle of Mansura

The Battle of Mansura was fought near Mansura, Louisiana, on May 16, 1864, during the Red River Campaign of the American Civil War. A Union force defeated elements of the Confederate States Army.

Battle of Mansura
Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the
American Civil War
DateMay 16, 1864 (1864-05-16)
Location
Mansura, Louisiana
Result Union victory
Belligerents
United States Confederate States
Commanders and leaders
Nathaniel P. Banks Richard Taylor
Units involved
Banks’s Red River Expeditionary Force District of West Louisiana
Casualties and losses
unknown unknown
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