Louisiana Units at the Battle of Mansfield - Mansfield, LA
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N 32° 00.650 W 093° 39.900
15S E 437193 N 3541829
Monument to the Louisiana Units in the Battle of Mansfield as part of the Red River Campaign. Located outside the park's visitor's center next to the Texas Monument.
Waymark Code: WMP1PZ
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/11/2015
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Northwest Side:
On April 8, 1864 Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor rode in front of the Louisiana Brigade of Brig. Gen. Alfred Mouton's Division to prepare them for the impending battle. Taylor would later write that he had told them...
"As they were fighting for defense of their own soil, I wished the Louisiana troops to draw the first blood"
Louisiana troops would both draw and shed "The First Blood" as they made a gallant charge to halt the Union advance. A few hours later several hundred Louisiana troops lay dead or wounded on this hallowed ground including the following field officers killed in action:
Brig. Gen. Alfred Mouton
Col. James Beard
Col. Leopold Armant
Lt. Col. James Walker
Lt. Col. Franklin H. Clack
This monument is dedicated to the valor and sacrifice of those Louisiana troops who were defending their country, their state, and their homes.
Dedicated April 10, 2010 by
Louisiana Division Sons of Confederate Veterans
Louisiana Division United Daughters of the Confederacy
Southeast Side:
Louisiana Units at the Battle of Mansfield
Infantry Units
18th Louisiana Consolidated Infantry Regiment
- 10th Battalion Louisiana Infantry (Yellow Jackets)
28th Louisiana Infantry Regiment
Consolidated Crescent Louisiana Infantry Regiments
- 11th Battalion Louisiana Infantry
- 12th Battalion Louisiana Infantry
Cavalry Units
1st Louisiana State Guards Cavalry Battalion
2nd Louisiana State Guards Cavalry Battalion
2nd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment
4th Louisiana Cavalry Regiment
Benjamin's Company Cavalry (Headquarters Escort)
Artillery Units
1st Confederate (Louisiana) Regular Battery
1st Louisiana Light Battery (St. Mary Cannoneers)
3rd Louisiana Light Battery (Bell Battery)
5th Louisiana Light Battery (Pelican Battery)
6th Louisiana Light Battery (Grosse Tete Flying Artillery)
Date Installed or Dedicated: 04/10/2010
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Louisiana Division Sons of Confederate Veterans, Louisiana Division United Daughters of the Confederacy
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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