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Map of Mansfield Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program The battle between Gen. Banks force and that of General Dick Taylor, During the morning, Taylor positioned Mouton's division on the east side of the clearing. Walker's division arrived in the afternoon and formed on Mouton's right.
The Mansfield State Historic Site, also known as the Mansfield Battlefield, is a battlefield in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. The Louisiana state historic site commemorates the Battle of Mansfield fought on Friday, April 8, 1864, during the Red River Campaign of the American Civil War .
On that day, Porter and T. K. Smith received news of the Mansfield fiasco and began withdrawing downstream. At the Battle of Blair's Landing on April 12, the expedition fought its way through a Confederate ambush with losses of 2 killed and 19 wounded, plus many gunboats damaged. By April 15, Porter's and T. K. Smith's expedition rejoined Banks ...
Polignac is best known for his leadership at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, in De Soto Parish, Louisiana, a Confederate victory in the first major action of the Red River Campaign. [3] Polignac received a battlefield promotion at Mansfield to division command after the death of General Alfred Mouton and then proceeded to fight again at ...
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Distinguishing itself in the attack at the Battle of Mansfield on 8 April, the regiment was in reserve with the brigade for most of the day on 9 April during the Battle of Pleasant Hill, being involved in desultory action. In the subsequent Battle of Yellow Bayou on 18 May, the regiment suffered many casualties. With the brigade, it marched to ...
The 46th annual Ohio Civil War Show will take place 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. Sunday.
Mouton's brigade was used as the lead unit in the Confederate attack at the Battle of Mansfield. While leading his brigade in a charge against the Union position, Mouton was shot and killed. Historian John D. Winters reports on the battle: "On his horse, Mouton made a perfect target, and a Federal marksman dropped him from his saddle. The ...