Bridges Across Holt's Bayou and Bayou Du Rosset
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N 32° 06.982 W 091° 13.172
15S E 667973 N 3554721
Located in Tensas Parish on Louisiana 605 at Louisiana 608, North of Newellton.
Waymark Code: WMDBRH
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/21/2011
Views: 4
To facilitate the concentration of the Union Army at Hard Times, Gen. J.A. McClernand ordered his troops to reconnoiter a road from Somerset along the western shore of Lake St. Joseph. Col. J. Keigwin was placed in charge of this project.
Keigwin's force left Somerset on April 25, 1863. A four mile march brought the Federals to Holt's Bayou, one-half mile north of this marker. To slow the Union advance, Maj. I.F. Harrison's Louisianans had burned the bridge which spanned Holt's Bayou, as well as the one across Bayou Du Rosset, a short distance beyond. Keigwin soon has his men at work rebuilding the bridges with lumber ripped from buildings at the nearby Douglas and Wyoming Plantations. By nightfall, the two bridges had been completed.
The marker is part of the Grant's March Trail in Louisiana.
Marker Name: Bridges Across Holt's Bayou and Bayou Du Rosset
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Battle (war)
Parish: Tensas
Link to more information:: Not listed
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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