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Pineville is a city in Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located across the Red River from the larger Alexandria , and is part of the Alexandria Metropolitan Statistical Area . The population was 14,555 at the 2010 census .
Fort Buhlow is an American Civil War fort site located in Pineville, Louisiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 1, 1981. [2] It was one of two forts built for the Confederate States Army by local plantation slave labor in March 1865 to prevent anticipated Union attacks. Alphonse Buhlow was the military engineer ...
The Old LSU Site is located in Pineville, Louisiana. [2] [3] In November 1859, the institution's main building was completed. The institution's first superintendent was Major William Tecumseh Sherman. [4] On January 2, 1860, the college opened with five professors and 19 cadets.
Forts Randolph and Buhlow State Historic Site includes the remains of Bailey's Dam.This dam allowed for the Union Fleet, under the command of Admiral David Porter, to escape below the rapids on the Red River during the Union retreat after the Battle of Mansfield.
The original legislation creating the Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana (l'Université de l'Etat de la Louisiane) was passed by the Louisiana General Assembly in 1853. This was to be a state institution of higher education. In November 1859, the institution's main building was completed near Pineville, Louisiana.
Training Center Pineville from the air, 2005 or earlier. Location of the camp. Louisiana National Guard Training Center Pineville (previously Camp Beauregard) is a Louisiana National Guard installation located northeast of Pineville, Louisiana, primarily in Rapides Parish, but also extending northward into Grant Parish. It is operated and owned ...
Growth in Pineville. The historic downtown Pineville that visitors experience today differs from what it was 15 years ago when Devanney decided to bring his travel business to town.
Mt. Olivet Episcopal Church and Cemetery is an historic Carpenter Gothic style Episcopal Church building and its adjoining cemetery located at 335 Main Street in Pineville, Louisiana, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 22, 2000. Mt. Olivet is no longer a parish church and is now Mount Olivet Chapel.