For Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bailey, the campaign brought fame. Porter praised Bailey in newspapers and wrote letters of thanks and approval. Congress gave Bailey a gold medal, Porter personally gave him a gold inlaid sword, and other naval officers gave him a silver punch bowl. Eventually, Bailey’s distinguished military career earned him a promotion to brigadier general. But after the war, the hero of the Red River campaign met a tragic end. On March 21, 1867, Sheriff Joseph Bailey, of Vernon County, Missouri, was murdered by two prisoners he was taking to jail. Today, Joseph Bailey is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, at Fort Scott, Kansas. Historian Michael Robinson best summed up the significance of Bailey’s Dam when he wrote: Perhaps the most remarkable aspect of Bailey’s Dam was the toil expended by the Union soldiers.... Through the hot days and chilly nights they labored diligently despite harassment from the enemy; the depression and fatigue of a long, failed campaign.... In many respects, their efforts offer some basis for Porter’s claim that Bailey’s Dam was “without doubt the greatest engineering feat ever performed” (Robinson 1985:66-67). Today, “the dam still remains intact as we left it, and bids fair, if undisturbed, to stand a hundred years—an imperishable monument of American energy, ingenuity, and skill” (Moore 1868:13-14). [Illustration: View west across the Red River at Bailey’s Dam during low water in 1984.] REFERENCES CITED Beecher, Harris H. 1866 _Record of the 114th Regiment N.Y.S.V._ J. F. Hubbard, Jr., Norwich, New York. Hoffman, Wickham 1877 _Camp court and siege._ Harper & Brothers, New York. Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War n.d. Red River expedition. _The report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War_ (Vol. 11). 38th U.S. Congress, 2nd Session. Jones, James P. and Edward F. Keuchel (editors) 1975 _Civil War Marine: a diary of the Red River expedition, 1864._ History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C. Kelley, David B. and George J. Castille 1985 Archaeological investigation and preparation of historic American engineering record documentation for lower Bailey’s Dam (16RA90), Rapides Parish, Louisiana. Report prepared for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District, Purchase Order No. DACW38-84-P-3510, Coastal Environments, Inc., Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Moore, Frank (editor) 1868 Document No. 2: the Red River Dam. _The rebellion record: a diary of American events_ (Vol. 11). D. Van Nostrand, New York. Pellet, Elias P. 1866 _History of the 114th Regiment, New York State Volunteers._ Telegraph and Chronicle Power Press Print, Norwich, New York. Porter, David D.