JUNE 1-6TH, 1865: Lt. William E. Fitzhugh, in the USS Ouchita, led a naval expedition of seven gunboats up the Red River escorting 4,000 troops under Major General Francis J. Herron. The troops were moving into the trans-Mississippi theater to garrison forts and posts surrendered by Confederate General Kirby Smith and to establish law and order in the region.
At Alexandria, Louisiana, Fitzhugh met with Lt. Jonathan H. Carter, the senior Confederate naval officer in the trans-Mississippi department and received the surrender of all naval vessels, equipment and personnel in that region.
The most formidable vessel surrendered was the CSS Missouri, commanded by Carter.
--Old B-Runner
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