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The Battle of LaFayette, alternatively capitalized, the Battle of Lafayette, was a battle of the American Civil War, taking place on June 24, 1864, during the Atlanta campaign. It started when Confederate Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow attacked LaFayette, Georgia , which was under occupation by Union Army Colonel Louis D. Watkins at the time.
A horrific collision killed 33 soldiers and injured another 278 in 1950. Bob Jones, then 17, vividly recalls the disaster scene.
The historical marker at Fort Ouiatenon. Fort Ouiatenon, built in 1717, was the first fortified European settlement in what is now Indiana, United States. [2] It was a palisade stockade with log blockhouse used as a French trading post on the Wabash River located approximately three miles southwest of modern-day West Lafayette. [3]
On October 14, 1781, he led the charge of 400 American troops up British redoubt #10 at the Siege of Yorktown and he attacked and defeated three British soldiers at once and the redoubt was captured. [9] [10] General Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette, was so impressed with his actions that he awarded Robinson a Gold Medal of Valor.
Location of Lafayette Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. The locations of National Register ...
Lafayette left France on the American merchant vessel Cadmus, on July 13, 1824, and his tour began on August 15, 1824, when he arrived at Staten Island, New York.He toured the Northern and Eastern United States in the fall of 1824, including stops at Monticello to visit Thomas Jefferson and Washington, D.C., where he was received at the White House by President James Monroe.
A family who hosted Jimmy Carter and his wife for a weekend almost 40 years ago said they "were just lovely people" who left "such fond memories". Jenny Coates, 73, said the village of Riding Mill ...
The Alexandre Mouton House, also called the Lafayette Museum (French: Maison d'Alexandre Mouton, or Musée de Lafayette), is a historic house located at 1122 Lafayette Street in Lafayette, Louisiana. It was the home of 11th Governor and first Democratic Governor of Louisiana Alexandre Mouton , and it is also associated with other historic families.