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The Battle of Mansfield, also known as the Battle of Sabine Crossroads, occurred on April 8, 1864, in De Soto Parish, Louisiana.

Confederate forces commanded by Richard Taylor attacked a Union army commanded by Nathaniel Banks a few miles outside the town of Mansfield, near Sabine Crossroads.

The Union forces held their positions for a short time before being overwhelmed by Confederate attacks and driven from the field.

The battle was a decisive Confederate victory which stopped the advance of the Union army's Red River Campaign during the American Civil War.