Skirmish of Boutte Station
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Henki
N 29° 54.045 W 090° 23.295
15R E 752191 N 3310654
Located along Hwy. 90 in Boutte, LA.
Waymark Code: WMF30
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/17/2006
Views: 59
Marker text is the same on both sides.
Skirmish of Boutte Station
Union train with sixty men ambushed by Confederate force of Louisiana militia and volunteers on September 4, 1862. Train escaped to New Orleans. Fourteen Union soldiers killed and twenty-two wounded in the skirmish.
Erected by St. Charles Police Jury and St. Charles Bi-centennial Committee in cooperation with Louisiana Tourist Development Commission 1973
Marker Name: Skirmish of Boutte Station
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Battle (war)
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: 01/01/1973
Parish: St Charles
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