The Battle of Irish Bend was part of the Union advance through Louisiana known as the Teche Campaign. Union troops of the 4th Division XIX Army Corps tried to halt supplies for Confederate troops coming from Texas. On this site on April 14, 1863, Confederate Major Gen. Richard Taylor, along with the 28th La. Inf., 2nd La. Cav., 12th Inf. Battn., 4th Texas Cav., St. Mary's Cannoneers, and the Gunboat Diana, halted the Union advance while the remainder of Taylor's army moved north.
