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(April 2007)
Enlarge Monument to French-born Noble Camille J. Polignac who led a brigade of
Texas troops at Mansfield. The monument is inscribed "LaFayette of the
South" |
(April 2007)
Enlarge This monument at Mansfield to Col James H. Beard of the Louisiana
Consolidated Crescent Regiment is a memorial to a local hero who died at
this battlefield. His personal effects are on display in the museum,
including the baby shoes he carried for his son |
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(April 2007)
Detail Texas Monument, near the visitor center |
(March 1994) Honeycutt Hill near the
Visitor Center. View is looking south along the crest of the hill. The
rail fence borders SH-175 (Old Stage Road) |
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(March 1994) Private property,
northwest of the Visitor Center. View looking
northwest along SH-175 (Old Stage
Road). Site Marker: Battle
of Mansfield or Sabine Cross Roads, April 8, 1864. Confederate Battle
Line at 4:00 P.M. - First Phase of Battle: From this point the line
extended about 400 yards Northeast, thence East about a mile. It
extended about a half mile South from here |
(March 1994) Federal
Advance at Ten-Mile Bayou. Louisiana SH-175 (Old Stage
Road) between Mansfield and Pleasant Hill, west view. Site
Marker: Here the Confederate Cavalry commanded by Maj. Gen.
Thomas Green stopped the Federal advance in a stiff fight ending at dark
on April, 7. The two forces bivouacked on opposite sides of this stream.
Green withdrew most of his forces before dawn to a point near Mansfield,
leaving Gen. Bee with two regiments to delay the Federals. The 13th and
19th Corps moved from Pleasant Hill to this point on the morning of the
8th |
