(3-96) SH-175 north of Pleasant Hill. Site Marker: On this 4 square miles in around the Village of Pleasant Hill, aprox, 15,000 Confederates under Maj. Gen. Richard Taylor attacked aprox, 25,000 Union troops under Maj. Gen. N. R. Banks on April 9, 1864. That was the 3rd day of fighting that stopped the Union attempt to capture Shreveport (Confederate Capital of Louisiana and Headquarters of Trans-Miss. Dept.) and launch an invasion of Texas. 
   
The Battle of Pleasant Hill, inc. 
April 1994
   
Federal Hospital after the battle

(3-96) Pleasant Hill Battlefield Park. Site Marker: Pleasant Hill Battlefield, Village of Pleasant Hill, Founded Here April 1846: Pleasant Hill was occupied by Union armies on April 7, 1864 beginning 3 days of fighting which culminated in the largest battle of the Civil War west of the Mississippi River being fought in and around the village on April 9, 1864
  
Historical marker originally placed April 1964, improved April 1994, C. E. Poimboeuf, M.D.

(3-96) Pleasant Hill Battlefield Park

(3-96)  Pleasant Hill Battlefield Park, SH-175, north of Pleasant Hill