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Historical Markers and War Memorials in De Soto Parish, Louisiana
Adjacent to De Soto Parish, Louisiana
▶ Caddo Parish (116) ▶ Natchitoches Parish (40) ▶ Red River Parish (1) ▶ Sabine Parish (5) ▶ Panola County, Texas (10) ▶ Shelby County, Texas (10)
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GEOGRAPHIC SORT
| On Route 365 1.3 miles north of Adams Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 m105266) 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 |
| On Grove Hill Road at State Route 175, on the right when traveling east on Grove Hill Road. |
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Historic Site
1850
Double Churches
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 . . . — — Map (db m105342) HM |
| On Louisiana Route 175 at Taylor Road, on the right when traveling south on State Route 175. |
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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 |
| 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 Boόet and Marie de Laffitte. He immigrated to Louisiana in 1764 and eventually settled here in the Bayou . . . — — Map (db m105228) HM |
| Near Parish Road 48 east of State Route 175. |
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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 |
| Near Louisiana Route 175 at Parish Road 1068. |
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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 |
| On Louisiana Route 175 at Parish Road 1068, on the right when traveling north on State Route 175. |
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In Memory of
the Confederates killed
in the Battle of
Pleasant Hill
April 9, 1864 — — Map (db m105407) WM |
| Near Louisiana Route 175 near Parish Road 1068. |
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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. |
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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 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 |
| Near Parish Road 1068 near State Route 175. |
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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 |
| Near Parish Road 1068 0.2 miles north of State Route 175. |
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After the
Battle of Pleasant Hill
many brave men
were put to rest her.
Some wore gray,
some wore blue.
— — Map (db m105392) 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 |
| Near Parish Road 1068 near State Route 175. |
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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 at Parish Highway 1068, on the right when traveling north on State Route 175. |
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This road leads
to old cemetery where
soldiers of both armies
who fell in the
Battle of Pleasant Hill,
are buried. — — Map (db m105389) HM |
| On Parish Road 1068 0.2 miles north of State Route 175, on the right when traveling north. |
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The Stage Coach station
was at this point,
near the center of the
Village of Pleasant Hill.
— — Map (db m105393) HM |
| On Louisiana Route 175 north of Patrick Road, on the right when traveling north. |
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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. |
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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 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. |
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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. |
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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 |
| 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 |
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