Federal Hospital - Pleasant Hill, LA
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kwashnak
N 31° 50.867 W 093° 30.617
15R E 451721 N 3523676
Marker for location of a federal hospital as part of the Battle of Pleasant Hill, located just south of the Pleasant Hill Battle Park on Louisiana 175, north of the present village of Pleasant Hill.
Waymark Code: WMJVXN
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2014
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As part of the markers for The Battle of Pleasant Hill, was part of the Red River Campaign where the Union army moved northwest from Alexandria along the Red River to capture Shreveport, then the headquarters of the Trans-Mississippi Confederacy, and then move on into Texas. Mansfield was effectively the furthest north the Union troops were able to penetrate before being turned back, falling back to Pleasant Hill where a second engagement took place.
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Federal Hospital
Pierce and Payne College building used for a Federal hospital to care for soldiers wounded in the Battle of Pleasant Hill was near here.
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Marker Name: Federal Hospital
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Battle (war)
Parish: Sabine
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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