Saint Joseph in Tensas Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Tensas Rifle Co.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 19, 2019

1. Tensas Rifle Co. Marker, Side One

Click on image to zoom in to read the names.

Inscription. 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 Grant’s March Through Louisiana series list.

Location. 31° 54.852′ N, 91° 14.203′ 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: Major Isaac Harrison's Tensas Cavalry (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.

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at the Tensas Parish Courthouse entrance, on right side looking at front of building.

Tensas Rifle Co. Marker, Side Two image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 19, 2019

2. Tensas Rifle Co. Marker, Side Two

Click on image to zoom in to read the names.

Tensas Rifle Co. Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 19, 2019

3. Tensas Rifle Co. Marker

This and the Major Isaac Harrison's Tensas Calvary Markers image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, July 19, 2019

4. This and the Major Isaac Harrison's Tensas Calvary Markers

Credits. This page was last revised on January 23, 2023. It was originally submitted on July 28, 2019, by Cajun Scrambler of Assumption, Louisiana. This page has been viewed 595 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 28, 2019.