Near this spot Confederate soldiers under the command of Col. W.H. Griffin captured the Union gunboats Wave and Granite City in the Battle of Calcasieu Pass, Cameron, Louisiana, on May 6, 1864. These gallant men died for their cause:Union . . . — — Map (db m160087) HM WM
While miraculously no one in Cameron Parish was killed, 38 of it's 40 cemeteries were breached and over 340 caskets and their remains were torn from the ground and scattered into marshes, tree tops, fields and canals from as far away as 30 . . . — — Map (db m150683) HM
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