Giles A. Smith's Brigade

Morgan L. Smith's Division

Giles A. Smith's Brigade

Morgan L. Smith's Division, - 15th Corps.

Col. Nathan W, Tupper.

Nov. 25, 1863.

55th Illinois, - Col. Oscar Malmborg.

116th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. James P. Boyd.

127th Illinois, - Lieut. Col. Frank S. Curtiss.

6th Missouri, - Lieut. ...

Flagville

Named for O.J. Flagg in 1870; now a part of Hahnville. Letter left here by Tonti in 1686 with Quinipissa chief for LaSalle. Taensa Village, 1713. De Veuve, French Concession, 1718. Site included grant to Joseph Roi de Villere, 1765.

Fashion Plantation

Home of General Richard Taylor, son of Zachary Taylor, Louisiana statesman and member of the 1861 Secession Convention. Commanded Louisiana District, 1862-64; defeated Banks at Battle of Mansfield, 1864. Federals plundered home in 1862.

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Skirmish of Boutte Station

Union train with sixty men ambushed by Confederate force of Louisiana militia and volunteers on September 4, 1862. Train escaped to New Orleans. Fourteen Union soldiers killed and twenty-two wounded in the skirmish.

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Battle of des Allemands

Le district des Allemands, settled by Germans about 1720, the scene of numerous skirmishes between Confederate guerillas and Union forces, 1862-63. Most famous skirmish resulted in capture of an entire detachment of Union soldiers on September 4, 1862.

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Home Place

Built in 1790s, this French Colonial raised cottage is of West Indies bousillage construction. Owners included LaBranche, Fortier, and Gaillaire, with the Keller family ownership since 1885. (Note: A National Historic Landmark and is listed on National Register of Historic ...

Alexander's Brigade

John E. Smith's Division.

Alexander's Brigade.

John E. Smith's Division. - 17th Corps.

Col. Jesse I. Alexander.

Nov. 25th 1863.

63rd Illinois, - Col. Joseph B. McCown.

48th Indiana, - Lieut. Col. Edward J. Wood.

59th Indiana, - Capt. Wilford H. Wolman.

4th Minnesota, - Lieut. Col. John ...

Lightburn's Brigade

Morgan L. Smith's Division

Lightburn's Brigade.

Morgan L. Smith's Division, 15th Corps.

Brig. Gen. Joseph A.J. Lightburn.

Nov. 25, 1863.

83rd Indiana, - Col. Benjamin J. Spooner.

30th Ohio, - Col. Theodore Jones.

37th Ohio, - Lieut. Col. Louis Von Blessingh.

47th Ohio, - Col. Augustus C. Parry.

54th ...

Johan and Sophia Ahmanson

(1827 - 1891) and (18? - 1894)

Johan Ahmanson was born on April 7, 1827, in Smaland, Sweden. At age six he was taken to live with a farmer, for whom he worked until age eighteen. He became a master bookbinder ...

Einersheimer Gate

Einersheimer Tor

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1422 erste Erwähnung

1525 Abwehr eines Bauernhaufens

1551 Ausbau zu einer massiven Wehranlage mit Verbindung des äusseren und inneren Tores durch den Steinmetz Caspar Rotenfelser. Steinkreuz im Innern zur Erinnerung an einen von den Schweden im 30-jährigen Krieg ...