Crescent Plantation
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kwashnak
N 32° 22.185 W 091° 09.820
15S E 672764 N 3582903
La 602 just south of Interstate 20 at Crescent Plantation Drive, south east of Tallulah, LA.
Waymark Code: WMA957
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 12/06/2010
Views: 12
During the Civil War, Crescent was the home of Dr. D.M. and Elizabeth DeMoss Dancy. The house was built in 1832.
When Gen. U.S. Grant's Federal forces occupied Madison Parish, an officer and several soldiers came to Crescent with orders to burn the house, but did not because a sick lady, a member of the Dancy family, was in the home. The mansion is still standing, and in excellent state of preservation.
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Marker Name: Crescent Plantation
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Battle (war)
Parish: Madison
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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