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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Mansfield

 
Clickable Map of De Soto Parish, Louisiana and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg De Soto Parish, LA (29) Caddo Parish, LA (116) Natchitoches Parish, LA (40) Red River Parish, LA (1) Sabine Parish, LA (5) Panola County, TX (10) Shelby County, TX (10)  DeSotoParish(29) De Soto Parish (29)  CaddoParish(116) Caddo Parish (116)  NatchitochesParish(40) Natchitoches Parish (40)  RedRiverParish(1) Red River Parish (1)  SabineParish(5) Sabine Parish (5)  PanolaCountyTexas(10) Panola County (10)  ShelbyCounty(10) Shelby County (10)
Mansfield, Louisiana and Vicinity
    De Soto Parish (29)
    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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1Louisiana (De Soto Parish), Mansfield — Battle of Mansfield or Sabine Cross RoadsApril 8. 1864 — Area of Third Confederate Charge —
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
2Louisiana (De Soto Parish), Mansfield — Battle of Mansfield or Sabine Cross RoadsApril 8. 1864 — Rail Fence Used as Barricade —
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
3Louisiana (De Soto Parish), Mansfield — Battle of Mansfield or Sabine Cross RoadsApril 8. 1864 — Confederate Battle Line at 4:00 P.M.~First Phase of Battle —
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
4Louisiana (De Soto Parish), Mansfield — Battle of Mansfield or Sabine Cross RoadsApril 8, 1864 — Area of Second Confederate Charge —
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
5Louisiana (De Soto Parish), Mansfield — Double Churches1850 — Historic Site —
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
6Louisiana (De Soto Parish), Mansfield — Las Ormigas Spanish Land GrantHistoric Site — 1795 —
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
7Louisiana (De Soto Parish), Mansfield — Paul Boüet Laffitte(1746-circa 1815)
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
8Louisiana (De Soto Parish), Mansfield — Texas Monument
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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
 
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