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Bergeron, Arthur W., Guide to Louisiana Confederate Military Units 1861-1865. (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1989) Dungan, J. Irvine, History of the 19th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry. (Davenport, Iowa: Publishing House of Luse and Griggs, 1865) "The Civil War Diary of Lt. Col J. B. Leake," edited by Randal B. Gilbert.
Confederate Military History of Louisiana: Louisiana in the Civil War, 1861–1865 (2007) Dufrene, Dennis J. Civil War Baton Rouge, Port Hudson and Bayou Sara: Capturing the Mississippi. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press, 2012. ISBN 9781609493516. Hearn, Chester G. (1995). The Capture of New Orleans 1862. Louisiana State University ...
[2] [3] It was part of a campaign entitled "Taylor's Operations in West Louisiana (1863)." The Confederate States Army victory left them in control of much of the interior of the Acadiana region. Following the surrender of Port Hudson, two Union divisions were shifted to Donaldsonville by transports, to move inland and pacify the interior.
The Battle of Yellow Bayou, also known as the Battle of Norwood's Plantation, [1] [2] (May 18, 1864) saw Union Army forces led by Brigadier General Joseph A. Mower clash with Confederate States Army troops commanded by Brigadier General John A. Wharton in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana during the American Civil War.
In 1939, ceremonies, including a luncheon and a tree-planting, were held at the park for the 75th anniversary of the battle. [14] 1954 saw maintenance of the site transfers from the UDC to the Louisiana state government. By that time, the UDC had expanded the park to 44 acres (18 ha), and three additional monuments (to Taylor and two ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register; or are otherwise significant for their history, their association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1 ...
The plantation grounds was the site of the Battle of Buzzard's Prairie, October 15, 1863. [5] A part of General Nathaniel P. Banks' Army of the Gulf, led by Maj. General William B. Franklin, was on an expedition across Louisiana as part of the invasion of Texas that included Brig. Gen. Stephen Burbridge's 4th Division, 13th Corps, Brig. General Godfrey Weitzel's 1st Division, 19th Corps, and ...
The Battle of Mansfield, also known as the Battle of Sabine Crossroads, on April 8, 1864, in Louisiana formed part of the Red River Campaign during the American Civil War, when Union forces were attempting to occupy the Louisiana state capital, Shreveport. The Confederate commander, Major-General Dick Taylor, chose Mansfield as the place where ...