April 13, 1863---The Battle of Bayou Teche, Louisiana

APRIL 13, 1863:         

The Battle of Bayou Teche, Louisiana (The Battle of Fort Bisland; The Battle of Bethel Place). 

Union troops, advancing north from New Orleans, are blocked from their next objective, the city of Alexandria, Louisiana, by Fort Bisland in Bayou Teche. Union and Confederate troops and gunboats exchange heavy fire all day. A Union force flanks the fort. Hearing this, the Rebel Commander decides to withdraw under cover of night, and the next day the Yankees occupy the abandoned fort.