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After the Battle of Pleasant Hill, Banks and his Union forces retreated to Grand Ecore [4] [30] and abandoned plans to capture Shreveport, by then the Louisiana state capital. Some of the wounded, perhaps thirty in number from both Pleasant Hill and Mansfield, were taken to Minden for treatment.
The Union force abandoned the field after the battle. At Pleasant Hill, the regiment lost 10 men killed and 25 wounded, for a total of 35. [9] The division then went on the offensive, marching north towards Camden, Arkansas, to attack a garrison of troops commanded by Major General Frederick Steele. Steele's force abandoned Camden before the ...
Duty at Little Rock until January, 1864. Expedition to Mt. Ida 10–18 November 1863. Moved to Memphis, Tenn., 31 January-5 February 1864; thence to Vicksburg, Miss., 7–9 February, and duty there until March, when rejoined Regiment. (Red River Campaign 10 March-22 May 1864. Fort DeRussy 14 March. Battle of Pleasant Hill 9 April.
Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform and Louisiana state seal belt buckle with musket. From the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division, Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs 4th Louisiana Infantry Regimental Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park Louisiana monument at Vicksburg National Military Park
Halleck's Plan for the expedition. Halleck's plan, finalized in January 1864, called for Banks to take 20,000 troops up from New Orleans to Alexandria, including the 47th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, the only regiment from the Keystone State to fight in this campaign, on a route up the Bayou Teche (in Louisiana, the term bayou is used to refer to a slow moving river or stream), where they ...
Battle of Henderson's Hill: March 21, 1864: Battle of Mansfield (aka Sabine Cross-Roads) April 8, 1864: Battle of Pleasant Hill: April 9, 1864: Battle of Blair's Landing: April 12, 1864: Battle of Monett's Ferry: April 23, 1864: Battle of Calcasieu Pass: May 6, 1864: Battle of Mansura: May 16, 1864: Battle of Yellow Bayou: May 16, 1864
Pleasant Hill is a village in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana, United States. As of the 2010 census , the population of the village was 1,232. It is best known for the Battle of Pleasant Hill , a significant battle during the American Civil War on April 9, 1864.
In March 1864, it moved into Louisiana to oppose the Red River campaign, during which it fought at the Battle of Pleasant Hill in early April. After Pleasant Hill, the battalion returned to Arkansas and was engaged at the Battle of Jenkins' Ferry on April 30. The 9th Missouri Sharpshooter Battalion spent the rest of the war at various points in ...