Why was the teche campaign so destructive? union soldiers poisoned the water. union soldiers burned warehouses. 30 points confederate soldiers burned cotton confederate soldiers destroyed natural levees.

The Bayou Teche Campaign was during the American Civil War, began in 1863, and was a short military campaign . The Confederates wanted to prevent the Union from gaining control over Louisiana. The burning of thousands of large cotton bales in Main Street left a great destruction.

Question: Why was the Teche Campaign so destructive?

Confederate soldiers burned cotton