Battle of Mansfield, Louisiana site photos

Photos/Text courtesy of William Bozic, Houston, TX, Jim Gray, Brisbane, Australia, Webmaster and George Hill, Conroe, TX

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Mansfield State Historic Site
15149 Highway 175
Mansfield, LA 71052
Tele: 318-872-1474

Tour Guide Battlefield Map

Links:
1. Mansfield Battle Summary
2. Red River Campaign Overview
3. Mansfield, Louisiana - Wikipedia
4. Mansfield, Red River Expedition: AmericanCivilWar.com
5. Pleasant Hill (CivilWarAlbum.com)

John Fearn Francis: An Australian Confederate Hero
Courtesy of Jim Gray, Brisbane, Australia


(March 1994) SH-175 Entrance, Visitor Center in background, Confederate General Mouton monument at left Photo by Webmaster			(March 1994) Louisiana SH-18 (River Road) east of Laura Plantation. Historical Marker: Colonel Leopold L. Armant. Enlisted in Confederate Army, 1861; died heroically at Battle of Mansfield, 1864. Served in Yellow Jacket Bat. Com. of 18th Vol. Inf. Reg. and Mouton Brig. His ancestors were Jean Marle, Jean Baptiste, and Jean Seraphim Armant, St. James planters and army officers Photo by Webmaster


(March 1994) Visitor Center Photo by Webmaster			(March 1994) Visitor Center. Bible bought by a young Texas soldier in the town of Mansfield on the day of the battle Photo by Webmaster


(April 2007) Enlarge This is an original Trans-Mississippi Louisiana CSA Cavalry Uniform on display at the Mansfield Battlefield Museum. Note this is labeled as the 4th or 7th Louisiana Regiment, but the trousers have a blue stripe, not the expected yellow stripe for cavalry. A note of explanation for the blue trouser stripe is included in the display Photo by William Bozic			(March 2008) Enlarge Uniform of the 4th or 7th Louisiana Cavalry Regt This is a close-up of an original uniform of a member of either the 4th or 7th Louisiana Cavalry. The shell jacket is a nine button jacket with Louisiana Pelican buttons and a yellow collar. The uniform is on display at the Mansfield Battlefield Museum Photo by William Bozic


Photos:
67th Indiana Interpretive Marker 67th Indiana Position Marker Chatman's Peach Orchard Col. James H. Beard Monument Col. Leopold L. Armant Marker Entrance Federal Advance at Ten-Mile Bayou Federal First Phase Line Federal Third Phase Line	First Phase Position: 19th KY (Union) First Phase Position: 77th Illinois First Phase Position: 130th Illinois Gen. Mouton Monument Gen. N.P. Banks Headquarters Gen. Richard Taylor Monument Honeycutt Hill Lt. Col. Camille J. Polignac Monument	Louisiana Troops Monument Museum 2 3 4 Old Stage Road Pleasant Grove Rail Fence Texas Monument UDC Monument Visitor Center 2