Alexandria - Pineville

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Alexandria and Pineville are on opposite sides of the Red River 125 miles south of Shreveport. A Alexandria & Pineville historic tour guide and the booklet "Away For A Day In Central Louisiana" are available from the Alexandria-Pineville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau.

Alexandria-Pineville Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
P.O. Box 8110
Alexandria, Louisiana 71301
Telephone (318) 443-7049
www.apacvb.org

Red River Campaign Overview Courtesy of civilwarhome.com

     
    

(3-96)  Upstream view of the Red River at Alexandria

(3-96) Pineville marker for Bailey's Dam. US-71 near approach to the  O. K. Allen Bridge

     

(3-96) O. K. Allen Bridge. View is looking downstream toward the site of Bailey's Dam

(4-08 Enlarge Confederate Monument at Rapides Parish Courthouse in Alexandria. This photo was taken in the afternoon on April 12, 2008. The monument was erected using money collected from the sale of silver spoons. One of the silver spoons is on display at the historical society
 
Photo by William Bozic

 
     
   

(3-96) Remains of Louisiana State Seminary of Learning and Military Academy, SH-165 Pineville, directly across from the United States Veterans Administration Hospital.  William Tecumseh Sherman was headmaster here in 1860. Site Marker: Provided for by Constitution of 1845 with funds from fed. land grants. Opened, 1860; closed during Civil War; reopened, 1865. Burned, 1869; moved to Institute for Deaf, Dumb, and Blind, Baton Rouge. Became Louisiana State University, 1870
 
April 2007 photos of this site start on next page. Courtesy of William Bozic, Houston, TX

   

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