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| Battle of des Allemands
Le district des Allemands, settled by Germans about 1720, the scene of numerous skirmishes betwenn Confederate guerillas and Union forces, 1862-1863. Most famous skirmish resulted in the capture of an entire detachment of Union soldiers on September 4, 1862. |
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| Louisiana Civil War Historical Markers |
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| Short Battle Discription and Information Port Hudson is about 10 miles south. I will check futher on the shelling of St.Francisville. More information |
| Also known as the Battle of Stirling's Plantaion This picture is slated to join the unfinished Atchafalaya Country article. |
| Same as above, for now. |
| A Federal Report on this Battle and Others. Great Reading. |
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| Brigadier General Tom Green One Hellava Texan Info here. |
| Gen.Richard Taylor Biography |
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| No Picture of Bee |
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| Brigadier General Emory |
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| Included because it was blown up in the Civil War. |
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| Above are some of the generals who played a part in these actions. Putting a face on these characters humanizes, to a degree, men that operated in an inhumane theater. Further investigate these guys. Notice that there are differing opinions and evidence of history being written with different pens. |
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| Admiral David Farragut |
| General A.J. Smith |
| General Banks |
| General Mower |
| General H.P. Bee |
| General John G.Walker |
| Mansfield Hero |
| Hero of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill, Stirlings Platation, Yellow Bayou, Taylor's "Main Man" Killed trying to stop Bank's retreat. |
| Relieved of duty after the loss of the Red River Campaign |
| Relieved of duty by Taylor after the Battle of Monetts's Landing |
| Download a discription of all the major battles in Louisiana between 1862 and 1864. Simply go to "Edit", click "Select All", click on the highlighted text with the right mouse button, click "Copy". Copy the text wherever you want. Printed, it makes about 23 pages, one side only. Excellent Reading and you get to know these guys. For personal use only. Ok, you can lend it to a friend. |
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| The Fort does not have a Histoical Marker. This is unforgivable. Maybe we need to start a movement. Anyway. They tried and they need a marker and the place needs to be open so I don't have to jump the gate again. There is a Movement!! |
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| This is my latest find. It is 10 miles from the house in Cecelia. I had forgotten about General Hebert until I started culling my pictures. There the Historical Marker was, lost in the stacks. I had seen the general's name mentioned. I pass this marker almost every time I head out. Just goes to show you, you really don't even know your own neighborhood. |
| There are links to where the marker was found and to the whole rides that took me to the markers. There are also links to the battle discriptions or information about the subject. These links are the best I can find for the present. I am working so fast that I may have missed better ones. Until I have time to go back, you are on your own. All I can say is that the water is deep and you should have no problem finding a lot to soak up. |
| General Louis Hebert is given an honorable burial. This all happened just down the road from where I live. |
| "Louis Hebert- Confederate Brigadier General born March 13, 1820, in Iberville Parish. First cousin to Paul Hebert. Attended Jefferson College, graduated West Point in 1845. Engineer before the war. Newspaper editor after the war. Died January 7, 1907, in St. Martin Parish. Buried in an unmarked grave near LA Highway 328 north of Breaux Bridge." How could that have happened? |
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| This page will be under constant constuction and will be a mess. Click Next to go home.. |
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| As far as I can tell The highest ranking Confederates were Captains Click Here |
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| Bayou Sara was the "wild west" port for refined St.Francisville. The shelling of the church was associated with the attack on Port Hudson. Bayou Sara is where the New Roads Ferry lands (La.Highway10) |
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| When I visited Burr's Ferry, I had no idea what those different flags were. As I slowly soak up a little history, I believe that flag to be one of the "so called" Taylor Flags. That would be General Taylor. "The Taylor flags are unusual because they are Saint Andrews cross rebel flags with the colors reversed, i.e. a blue field instead of the famous red field, and a red rather than blue cross with white stars" The above quote came from THIS PAGE. Learn a bunch there. The flag beneath what I believe is be Taylor's, is another version of a Confederate National Flag. Check THIS PAGE to learn a bunch. |
| "Visit the site of the Battle of Stirling's Plantation about 5 miles west of Morganza on the Fordoche Bayou Road at the intersection of LA 1 and 77 . The largest Civil War engagement in Pointe Coupee parish was fought here. Union troops, angered at their loss, burned many homes and buildings. The plantations, left with only their chimneys standing, later became know as the "Town of Chimneys". From THIS PAGE |
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| It took all these Yankee Generals to whip that little fort. |
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| Please Read This and you will be in the War. It is an account of a section of the Battle of Port Hudson written by the commander of Fort Desperation, Colonel Benjamin W. Johnson. The direct link to his report is Here. I suggest reading The Introduction first. |