058-640409-[H]Pleasant Hill.20 - WDS Forgotten Campaigns

(Historical 20 minute turns) On April 8th, Richard Taylor's Confederate army stopped Banks' Red River column at the Battle of Mansfield, or Sabine Crossroads. The Union forces were decisively whipped and routed from the field. As they retreated, however, they passed through fresh troops of the 16th and 19th Corps who took up a defensive position at Pleasant Hill. Taylor's army, reinforced by a fresh contingent from Arkansas, meets Emory's Division of the 19th and A.J. Smith's hard-bitten veterans of the 16th Corps. The forces are closely balanced. Anything can happen. Reference: "One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign of 1864" by Gary D Joiner.