On Louisiana Route 172, 0.1 miles east of Lucky Lane, on the right when traveling east.
Within this enclosure are the remains of over 100 Confederate soldiers. Following the Battle of Mansfield, many were infirmed at old Keachie College, where a morgue was established on the second floor of the main building. — — Map (db m188236) HM
On Route 365, 1.3 miles north of Adams Road, on the right when traveling north. Reported missing.
Original granite block 10' long 9" square marked the United States - Republic of Texas boundary. Dated 1840. Set on April 23, 1841. Only marker of international boundary known to exist within continental U.S. — — Map (db m221074) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 north of Parish Road 48, on the right when traveling south.
Maj. Gen Walker, with Waul's and Surry's brigades, passed here parallel to the road during a charge that turned the Federal left flank and gained a position on the road in rear of Federal line. — — Map (db m105303) HM
Near Parish Road 48, 0.1 miles east of State Route 175 when traveling north.
Here the Federal line extending from the South turned East along a rail fence forming a V. General Mouton's Division charged this line in the bloodiest part of battle. In this, the first Confederate charge, General Mouton was killed and the gallant . . . — — Map (db m105307) HM
On Louisiana Route 175, 0.3 miles north of Parish Road 48, on the right when traveling north.
From this point the line extended about 400 yards Northeast, thence East about a mile. It extended about a half mile South from here. — — Map (db m105293) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 north of Parish Road 48, on the right when traveling north.
Randal's Brigade of Walker's Texas Infantry Div. charged across this area traveling parallel to the road, supporting Mouton's Division which made the first charge on Randal's left. — — Map (db m105305) HM
Near Louisiana Route 175, on the left when traveling south.
In Memory of Capt. Elijah Parsons Petty C.S.A. age 34.
Enlisted May 13, 1862 at Bastrop, Texas, for the war.
Mustered in same day as Capt.. Co. F., 17th Regt. Texas Volunteer Infantry.
Fought in Battle of Mansfield, killed at Pleasant Hill, La. . . . — — Map (db m178236) WM
On Louisiana Route 175 south of Parish Road 48, on the right when traveling north.
(Front)
Captain Seth Robert Field
Fell at Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864
Aged 29
Member Crescent Regiment of N.O.
(Rear)
Greater Love Hath No Man Than This.
That a Man Lay Down His Life for his Friends - Or His Flag.
A Gentleman . . . — — Map (db m177690) HM WM
On Grove Hill Road at State Route 175, on the right when traveling east on Grove Hill Road.
The Dolet Hills or "Double Churches" community was organized by homestead settlers in the 1850's on a late 1700's Spanish Land Grant to Pierre Dolet. The Lord, Griffith and Pace families were among the earliest arrivals. There were many family . . . — — Map (db m105342) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 south of Parish Road 48, on the right when traveling north.
(Front)
General Alfred Mouton
1829-1864
(Back)
Prince C. J. de Polignac
Lt. Colonel July 1861
Col. 5th Tenn. Inft. Aug 1862
Brigadier General Feb 1863
Major General Apr 1864
Twice promoted for gallantry on the fields of Richmond, . . . — — Map (db m177857) HM WM
On Louisiana Route 175 south of Parish Road 48, on the right when traveling north.
To commemorate the victories of General Dick Taylor and his gallant soldiers at the Battles of Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, April 1864 — — Map (db m177856) HM WM
On Parish Road 122 at Parish Road 199, on the right when traveling east on Parish Road 122.
Seminole War
William Matthews
Civil War
George W. Berry
Joel A. Carrell
Moses W. Collins
Devereaux J. Ferguson
John F Ferguson
Marshall D. Fleniken
Edward J. Griffith
Thomas E. Hart
William J. Horn
Stephen D. Lord . . . — — Map (db m177946) WM
Lieut. Colonel Clack Died April 24. 1864 from wounds received while leading the charge of the Crescent Regiment - Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864. — — Map (db m177937) WM
On Louisiana Route 175 south of Parish Road 48, on the right when traveling north.
(Front)
In memory of James H. Beard
Col. of the Crescent Regiment
Fell at the Battle of Mansfield
April 8, 1864
Age 31 Years
Beard
(Back)
First Captain of the Shreveport Greys
(Side)
First to raise the flag when Color Bearer . . . — — Map (db m177851) HM WM
On Louisiana Route 175 at Taylor Road, on the right when traveling south on State Route 175.
Historic Site
1795
Las Ormigas Spanish Land Grant
Ceded by the Spanish Crown to Jaciento Mora
Six leagues square (207,360 acres)
Mora Sold this Grant to
Samuel Davenport
Luther Smith
William Barr
Edward Murphy . . . — — Map (db m105336) HM
Near State Highway 175, 2.6 miles south of U.S. 84, on the left when traveling south.
(front)
On April 8, 1864 Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor rode in front of the Louisiana Brigade of Brig. Gen. Alfred Mouton's division to prepare them for the impending battle. Taylor would later write that he had told them...
"As they were . . . — — Map (db m177553) WM
On Louisiana Route 175 south of Parish Road 48, on the right when traveling north.
In loving memory of the brave Confederate Soldiers who fought in this battle and to the courageous women who so nobly did their part. — — Map (db m177911) WM
On Louisiana Route 509 at Carmel Loop, on the right when traveling north on State Route 509.
The progenitor of the Laffitte family in northwest Louisiana was born in Pouyroquelaure, Gascony, France on March 4, 1746 to Francois Jean Boüet and Marie de Laffitte. He immigrated to Louisiana in 1764 and eventually settled here in the Bayou . . . — — Map (db m105228) HM
Front
Texas
Remembers her sons by whose valor and
devotion the federal enemy was defeated
at Mansfield, April 8, 1864 and
thereafter in several bloody
engagements driven from the Red River
valley. . . . — — Map (db m105467) WM
Front
Account of
the Battle of Pleasant Hill
The Battlefield After the Fight
On Sunday morning at daybreak I took occasion to visit the scene of Saturday's bloody conflict and a more ghastly spectacle I have not . . . — — Map (db m105410) HM
Front
In memory of the thousands
of Confederate
and Union soldiers buried in
unmarked
graves on this battlefield
Rear
At Pleasant Hill
On the Battle-field at Pleasant Hill, the night . . . — — Map (db m105415) WM
On Louisiana Route 175, 0.5 miles west of Louisiana Route 177, on the right when traveling west.
Front
This house is the only remaining structure of the original village of Pleasant Hill. It was occupied by the J.W. Elam family after the Civil War. J.W. Elam was wounded in the eastern theater, was home on recuperation leave, and . . . — — Map (db m105365) HM
On Parish Road 1068 north of State Highway 175, on the right when traveling north.
The Battle of Pleasant Hill Harper's Weekly May 7, 1864 Pleasant Hill, LA.
(Reverse)
A Tribute to Our Parents
Dr. C.E. "Gene" Poimboeuf established the Pleasant Hill Battlepark in 1994 to preserve the memory of . . . — — Map (db m178395) HM WM
On Louisiana Route 175, 0.2 miles north of Patrick Road, on the left when traveling north.
Pierce and Payne College building used for a Federal hospital to care for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Pleasant Hill was near here. — — Map (db m105663) HM
Front
Headquarters Department of the Gulf
(U.S.A)
Alexandria, LA., April 2, 1864
Maj. Gen. H.W. Halleck
Headquarters of the Army
Washington, D.C.
General: — Our troops now occupy . . . — — Map (db m105981) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 at Parish Road 1068, on the right when traveling north on State Route 175.
By 1850 Old Pleasant Hill was a thriving community settled by the Blackshear, Jordan, Chapman, Childers and Elam families. Significant structures included the Methodist Church, Pierce-Payne College, Childers Mansion and the Elam House. When the . . . — — Map (db m105386) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 at Parish Road 1068, on the right when traveling north on State Route 175.
On this site, then the town of Pleasant Hill, on April 9th, 1864 Gen. Richard Taylor with 12,000 Confederates attacked the town, occupied behind log breastworks by Gen. Banks and 25,000 Federal troops. Through the afternoon the battle raged. That . . . — — Map (db m105402) HM
Pleasant Hill was occupied by
Union armies on April 7, 1864
beginning 3 days of fighting which
culminated in the largest battle
of the Civil War west of the
Mississippi River being fought in and
around the village on April 9, . . . — — Map (db m105983) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 north of Patrick Road, on the right when traveling north.
Front
On this 4 square miles in around the village of Pleasant Hill, approx. 15,000 Confederates under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor attacked approx. 25,000 Union troops under Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks on April 9, 1864. That was the 3rd day of . . . — — Map (db m105670) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 at Parish Road 1068, on the right when traveling north on State Route 175.
Both Gen. Taylor's and Gen Banks' troops obtained drinking water from this cistern while each army occupied Pleasant Hill during the Red River Campaign in April 1864. The stage coach station stood a few feet north of here. — — Map (db m105387) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 at Louisiana Route 177, on the right when traveling north on State Route 175.
Front
The Village of Pleasant Hill was founded at this location just inside the DeSoto Parish in 1846. Pleasant Hill was a major road intersection with roads radiating to Mansfield, Natchitoches, Grand Ecore, Ft. Jessup, Many, Red River . . . — — Map (db m105673) HM
On Parish Road 1068 north of State Route 175, on the right when traveling north.
After the Battle of Pleasant Hill the Confederate army, who had control of the battlefield, began burying the dead soldiers. One of the sites chosen was on the Childers Family property, a part of the battlefield. Here some of the soldiers killed in . . . — — Map (db m178081) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 at Parish Road 1068, on the right when traveling north on State Route 175.
Front
Battle for Shreveport
The Confederate capital of Louisiana had been moved to Shreveport, also the headquarters of the Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department (All of the Confederacy west of the Mississippi River). The Red . . . — — Map (db m105977) HM
On Parish Road 1068 at State Route 175, on the left when traveling north on Parish Road 1068.
Front
You are standing on the corner of Main and 1st Streets downtown. The stores and shops were mostly to your left and behind you along Main Street. Some were along 1st Street. About 150 feet to your left was 2nd Street etc. Houses . . . — — Map (db m105979) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 at Parish Road 419, on the right when traveling east on State Route 175.
Front
Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Smith
Third Division Sixteen Army Corps
Second Brigade
14th Iowa - Lieut. Col. Joseph Newbold
27th Iowa - Col. James I. Gilbert
32nd Iowa - Col. John Scott
24th Missouri - Maj. Robert W. Fyan . . . — — Map (db m105357) HM WM
Near Louisiana Route 175 at Parish Road 1068, on the right when traveling north.
Dedicated to the memory of the Soldiers of the Confederate States Army
1861 * 1865
"Lord God of hosts, be with us yet; lest we forget - lest we forget." — — Map (db m214330) WM
On Louisiana Route 175, 0.5 miles south of Jimmy Lee Road, on the right when traveling south.
A short distance west of here facing the road, the home of William Robertson was used for the care of Federal Soldiers wounded in a skirmish near by. A mill behind the residence was used to grind grain for soldiers of both armies. — — Map (db m105348) HM
On Louisiana Route 175 north of Anderson Lane, on the right when traveling south.
From this point Gen. Green's Texas Cavalry drove Gen. A.L. Lee's Federal Cavalry back toward Pleasant Hill until re-enforced. Then the Confederates withdrew, skirmishing all the way, to Ten Mile Bayou. — — Map (db m105352) HM
On State Highway 175, 0.5 miles north of State Road 177, on the right when traveling south.
(Front)
Dedicated to the memory of
Leutenat General Richard Taylor
Confederate States Army
1826 — 1879
Son of United States President Zachary Taylor
Brother in Law of Confederate States President Jefferson Davis . . . — — Map (db m178253) WM
On Washington Street north of Carroll Road, on the left when traveling north.
The sight of a Pelican on Carrol's mill pond gave the town it's name. The New Orleans Pacific Railroad sparked it's growth. People moved here from Grove Hill and Old Pleasant Hill. Joyner Brothers country store sold everything from pills to plows to . . . — — Map (db m177989) HM
On State Highway 175, 0.5 miles north of State Road 177, on the left when traveling north.
(Front)
Just south of this spot on April 9, 1864 Sergeant John H. Cook Co. A 119 Illinois Infantry United States Army performed a deed of Most distinguished gallantry in action during The Battle Of Pleasant Hill for which he was . . . — — Map (db m178059) WM
The first courthouse on this site was the Confederate capitol of Louisiana and headquarters of the Trans-Mississippi Dept. C.S.A. from 1863 until May 26, 1865, When the last Confederate flag was lowered. Maj. General Henry W. Allen was inaugurated . . . — — Map (db m229099) HM
