Pleasant Hill Battlefield, Village of Pleasant Hill Founded Here - Old Pleasant Hill, LA
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member kwashnak
N 31° 51.200 W 093° 30.833
15R E 451382 N 3524293
Marker for the Pleasant Hill Battle Park, noting the old village of Pleasant Hill. At the battle park, Highway 175 near Pleasant Hill, LA
Waymark Code: WMP1VV
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 06/12/2015
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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Pleasant Hill Battlefield
Village of Pleasant Hill
Founded Here - April 1846

Pleasant Hill was occupied by Union armies on April 7, 1864 beginning 3 days of fighting which culminated in the largest battle of the Civil War west of the Mississippi River being fought in and around the village on April 9, 1864

Historical Marker Originally
Placed April 1964
Improved April 1994
C.E. Poimboeuf, M.D.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 04/01/1964

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: C.E. Poimboeuf, M.D.

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Other or General Civil War

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