Battle Of Bisland
N 29° 41.867 W 091° 22.065
15R E 657911 N 3286413
Located on Hwy. 90, at the Calumet Bridge, north of Patterson, LA.
Waymark Code: WM7QMB
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 11/23/2009
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Marker Text States
April 12-13 1863. General Nathaniel P. Bank’s Union army attacked Gen. Dick Taylor’s Confederate forces entrenched at Fort Bisland. Confederates repulsed each attack, but post evacuated when Union flanking force landed at Irish Bend.
Marker Name: Battle Of Bisland
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Battle (war)
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/1981
Parish: St Mary
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