Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph
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N 31° 19.619 W 092° 26.908
15R E 552472 N 3465972
Located on Highway 71 North, on the left, just after crossing the Red River Bridge.
Waymark Code: WM3XBN
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 05/30/2008
Views: 17
FORT BUHLOW AND FORT RANDOLPH
Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph were earthwork/moat fortifications constructed beginning October 1864, by Confederate forces anticipating a repetition of Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks' Summer 1864 Red River Expedition. Construction, completed by March 1865, was under the command of Capt. C.M. Randolph and supervised by a military engineer, Liet. A. Buhlow, for whom the forts are named. The work was performed by about 1500 soldiers and civilian workers and 500 black slaves. A third and larger fort, planned for the Alexandria side of the river, was never built. There was a Confederate troop buildup in the Alexandria area in March 1865, and the Confederate ironclad Missouri was anchored in the river opposite Fort Randolph, but the anticipated attack never came and no fighting ever took place. On May 26, Gen. Simon Buckner surrendered all Confederate forces in the Trans-Mississippi area, and Union forces under Gen. Phillip Sheridan occupied Buhlow and Randolph on June 2, 1865. Fort Buhlow is located approximately 60 yards upstream (north) of the O.K. Allen Bridge on U.S. Highway 71. Fort Randolph is located approximately 600 yards downstream (south) from the bridge.
ERECTED BY -------- CHAPTER OF U.D.C.
Marker Name: Fort Buhlow and Fort Randolph
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Battle (war)
Parish: Rapides
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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