Sunset in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)

Semmes Battery

Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 21, 2005

1. Semmes Battery Marker

Inscription. In memory of two unknown soldiers of Semmes Battery 1st Confederate Light Artillery who lost their lives on 10/15/1863 during the Battle of Little Carrion Crow Bayou. Their names may have been forgotten but their devotion to duty and country have not. Erected by the LA. Society Order of Confederate Rose 2002.

Erected 2002 by LA Society Order of Confederate Rose.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 2002.

Location. 30° 23.355′ N, 92° 5.932′ W. Marker is in Sunset, Louisiana, in St. Landry Parish. It is on Chretien Point Road 1.1 miles north of Louisiana Highway 356, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Sunset LA 70584, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Louisiana’s Acadiana — Cajun Country.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Deep South.

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 New Spain,

Acadia,

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 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Confederate Mass Grave (approx. 2 miles away); Grand Coteau (approx. 3.3 miles away); Academy of the Sacred Heart (approx. 4½ miles away); Assumption School (approx. 5½ miles away); Lynching In America / The Lynching of Louis Senegal and Antoine Domingue (approx. 5.6 miles away); Le Vieux Presbytère (approx. 7.1 miles away); Iry LeJeune (approx. 7.1 miles away); Le Parc Du Vieux Dépôt (approx. 7.2 miles away).

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Photographed by Cajun Scrambler, October 21, 2005

2. Semmes Battery Marker

Chretien Point Plantation image. Click for full size.

October 21, 2005

3. Chretien Point Plantation

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