Federal Advance, Wilson's Farm. - Mansfield, LA
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kwashnak
N 31° 51.667 W 093° 33.383
15R E 447366 N 3525175
Marker for positions at the Battle of Mansfield, located on LA 175 south of the Mansfield State Historic Site, south of the town of Pelican near Anderson Lane.
Waymark Code: WMJVXZ
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 01/05/2014
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One of several markers that trace positions and battle lines during the day of the battle on April 8, 1864. Markers note locations outside the battlefield park itself. The Battle of Mansfield, or Sabine Cross Roads, 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 Advance
April 7, 1864
Wilson's Farm
From this point Gen. green's Texas Cavalry drove Gen. A.L. Lee's Federal Cavalry back towards Pleasant Hill until re-enforced. Then the Confederates withdrew, skirmishing all the way, to Ten Mile Bayou.
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Marker Name: Federal Advance - April 7, 1864 - Wilson's Farm
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Battle (war)
Parish: De Soto
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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