Battle of Pleasant Hill Monument - Pleasant Hill, LA
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N 31° 50.750 W 093° 30.617
15R E 451720 N 3523461
Small monument (one of a series erected) note the Battle of Pleasant Hill, part of the Red River Campaign in Louisiana. This is located on Highway 175 just south of old Pleasant Hill, near Patrick Road.
Waymark Code: WMP1VC
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2015
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One side: With a map of Louisiana and crossed U.S. and Confederate flags
Red River Campaign
April 1864
April 1994
Other Side:
The Battle of Pleasant Hill
Red River Campaign
On this 4 square miles in around the village of Pleasant Hill, approx. 15,000 Confederates under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor attacked approx. 25,000 Union troops under Maj. Gen. N. P. Banks on April 9, 1864. That was the 3rd day of fighting that stopped the union attempt to capture Shreveport (Confederate capital of Louisiana and headquarters of Trans-Miss. Dept.) and launch an invasion of Texas.
The Battle of Pleasant Hill, Inc.
April 1994
Date Installed or Dedicated: 04/01/1994
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: The Battle of Pleasant Hill, Inc.
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Other or General Civil War
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