Historical Markers and War Memorials in Old Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
Mansfield is the parish seat for De Soto Parish
Old Pleasant Hill is in De Soto Parish
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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
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In memory of the thousands
of Confederate
and Union soldiers buried in
unmarked
graves on this battlefield
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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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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
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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