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Headquarters Department of the Gulf
(U.S.A)
Alexandria, LA., April 2, 1864
Maj. Gen. H.W. Halleck
Headquarters of the Army
Washington, D.C.
General: — Our troops now occupy Natchitoches, and hope to be in Shreveport by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM202D_pleasant-hill-battlefield_Pelican-LA.html
Pleasant Hill was occupied by
Union armies on April 7, 1864
beginning 3 days of fighting which
culminated in the largest battle
of the Civil War west of the
Mississippi River being fought in and
around the village on April 9, 1864.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM202B_war-for-southern-independence_Pelican-LA.html
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Battle for Shreveport
The Confederate capital of Louisiana had been moved to Shreveport, also the headquarters of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department (All of the Confederacy west of the Mississippi River). The Red River Valley w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM202A_welcome-to-old-pleasant-hill_Pelican-LA.html
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You are standing on the corner of Main and 1st Streets downtown. The stores and shops were mostly to your left and behind you along Main Street. Some were along 1st Street. About 150 feet to your left was 2nd Street etc. Houses were scatt…
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The Village of Pleasant Hill was founded at this location just inside the DeSoto Parish in 1846. Pleasant Hill was a major road intersection with roads radiating to Mansfield, Natchitoches, Grand Ecore, Ft. Jessup, Many, Red River (Pleasant…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-69ff8_stage-coach-station_Pelican-LA.html
The Stage Coach station
was at this point,
near the center of the
Village of Pleasant Hill.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-37d32_old-pleasant-hill-cemetery_Pelican-LA.html
After the
Battle of Pleasant Hill
many brave men
were put to rest her.
Some wore gray,
some wore blue.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-7afbb_old-pleasant-hill_Pelican-LA.html
By 1850 Old Pleasant Hill was a thriving community settled by the Blackshear, Jordan, Chapman, Childers and Elam families. Significant structures included the Methodist Church, Pierce-Payne College, Childers Mansion and the Elam House. When the Te…
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In memory of the thousands
of Confederate
and Union soldiers buried in
unmarked
graves on this battlefield
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At Pleasant Hill
On the Battle-field at Pleasant Hill, the night following the engagement, a boy only ninete…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/tmp-f60b3_battle-of-pleasant-hill-memorial-a-war-memorial_Pelican-LA.html
In Memory of
the Confederates killed
in the Battle of
Pleasant Hill
April 9, 1864