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United States victory; end of the Texas–Indian wars. Belligerents. United States. Comanche, Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne, Arapaho. The Red River War was a military campaign launched by the United States Army in 1874 to displace the Comanche, Kiowa, Southern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes from the Southern Plains, and forcibly relocate the tribes to ...
- 1874–75
- United States victory; end of the Texas–Indian wars
- Southern Plains
The Red River campaign, also known as the Red River expedition, [1] was a major Union offensive campaign in the Trans-Mississippi theater of the American Civil War, which took place from March 10 to May 22, 1864. It was launched through the densely forested gulf coastal plain region between the Red River Valley and central Arkansas towards the ...
- March 10 – May 22, 1864
- Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks
- Strategic offensive
- Confederate victory
Mar 25, 2024 · March 10–May 22, 1864. The Red River Campaign was a failed Union attempt to capture Shreveport, Louisiana in the spring of 1864. Led by General Nathaniel Banks, it was one of the largest expeditions of the war that included both land and naval forces.
- Harry Searles
The Red River Uprising of 1874-1875 pitted the South Plains tribes against the U.S. Army and proved to be the final Indian war in the region.
Red River Indian War, (1874–75), uprising of warriors from several Indian tribes thought to be peacefully settled on Oklahoma and Texas reservations, ending in the crushing of the Indian dissidents by the United States.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jan 27, 2021 · Updated: January 27, 2021. Red River War. The Red River War, a series of military engagements fought between the United States Army and warriors of the Kiowa, Comanche, Southern Cheyenne, and southern Arapaho Indian tribes from June of 1874 into the spring of 1875, began when the federal government defaulted on obligations undertaken to those ...
Mar 29, 2018 · The Red River campaign of March to May 1864 occurred during the Civil War after the fall of Vicksburg and Port Hudson. At that time President Abraham Lincoln authorized a campaign against Shreveport, Louisiana, then the temporary capital of Confederate Louisiana.
