Pleasant Hill Battle Park Marker - Old Pleasant Hill, LA
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N 31° 51.200 W 093° 30.817
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Plaque on a pedestal noting the location of the Pleasant Hill Battle Park. Located in the park on Highway 175 at Parish Road 168 near the current town of Pleasant Hill, LA
Waymark Code: WMP1V5
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2015
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Pleasant Hill Battle Park
On this site, then the town of Pleasant Hill, on April 9th, 1864 Gen. Richard Taylor with 12,000 Confederates attacked the town, occupied behind log breastworks by Gen. Banks and 25,000 Federal troops. Through the afternoon the battle raged. That night Banks quietly evacuated the town leaving 400 of his wounded besides his dead. Taylor reported "This position was too important to be held by the enemy."
Erected in 1953 by the Pleasant Hill Battle Park Committee Louisiana Division United Daughters of the Confederacy. Approved by the State of LA.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1953
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: United Daughters of the Confederacy, Louisiana Division
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Other or General Civil War
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