Saint Joseph in Tensas Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
Major Isaac Harrison's Tensas Cavalry
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 19, 2019
1. Major Isaac Harrison's Tensas Cavalry
Marker text lists Commissioned Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers as well as enlisted personnel on both sides.
Erected 1962 by Louisiana Civil War Centennial Commission.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Grants March Through Louisiana series list.
Location. 31° 54.848′ N, 91° 14.204′ W. Memorial is in Saint Joseph, Louisiana, in Tensas Parish. It is on Second Street near Hancock Street. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 201 Hancock Street, Saint Joseph LA 71366, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in North Louisiana. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Mississippi Delta. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Tensas Rifle Co. (here, next to this marker); Tensas Parish Veterans (a few steps from this marker); St. Joseph (approx. 0.3 miles away); Flowery Mound (approx. 2.7 miles away); Mound Plantation (approx. 3½ miles away); Laurel Hill Plantation (approx. 4.1 miles away in Mississippi); Old Rodney to Bruinsburg Road (approx. 4.1 miles away in Mississippi); Old Town of Rodney (approx. 4.1 miles away in Mississippi). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Saint Joseph.
More about this memorial. Located at the Tensas Parish
this page online
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 19, 2019
2. Major Isaac Harrison's Tensas Cavalry Reverse
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 19, 2019
3. Major Isaac Harrison's Tensas Cavalry Marker
Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 19, 2019
4. Major Isaac Harrison's Tensas Cavalry Marker
July 19, 2019
5. Major Isaac Harrison's Tensas Cavalry and The Texas Rifle Company Markers
Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 27, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 673 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 27, 2019.
