Battle of Pleasant Hill

April 9, 1864 · DeSoto Parish

Nathaniel Banks's Union army stopped Confederate attacks at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, during the Red River Campaign. Banks still retreated afterwards.

Union

Confederacy

Strength and losses

Strength
12,647
Casualties
1,100
Killed
150
Wounded
844
Missing
375
Strength
12,10014,300
Casualties
c. 1,6262,000
Captured
426
Missing
500