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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. Official Website Avoyelles Parish is known for its French colonial history and tradition of French language use. The contemporary Creole traditions, in both music and food, reflect European, African and Native American influences. While Avoyelles has a distinctive history of European immigrants, dominate...
The Red River campaign or Red River expedition comprised a series of battles fought along the Red River in Louisiana during the American Civil War from March 10 to May 22, 1864. The campaign was a Union initiative, fought between approximately 30,000 Union troops under the command of Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, and Confederate troops under the command of Lieutenant General Richard Taylor,...
The cemetery, located in Avoyelles Parish, has gone by several different names, those being: Bayou Rouge Cemetery , Evergreen Baptist Cemetery , Evergreen Cemetery , Evergreen Methodist Cemetery , Methodist Cemetery and United Methodist Cemetery . The church itself was built in 1859 in the Greek Revival style and is one of the few remaining examples in Louisiana. It was added to the National R...
The Battle of Fort De Russy, Louisiana, was the first engagement in the Red River Campaign of March–May 1864 in the American Civil War . The Union Army of the Gulf under General Banks aimed to capture Shreveport , state capital and headquarters of the Confederate command, west of the Mississippi River . The operation was spearheaded by General A.J. Smith and Brig. Gen. Joseph Mower , who surpr...
The Battle of Yellow Bayou took place on May 18, 1864 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana between Union and Confederate forces. After learning of Confederate forces in Yellow Bayou, Brig. Gen. Joseph A. Mower was ordered to halt their advance. Union forces subsequently attacked the Confederates and drove them back to their main line. The Confederates then counter-attacked, forcing the Union forces t...
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic Cemetery, Mansura, Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana, USA: