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Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. It is a typical misconception that the parish was named after Hernando de Soto, the Spaniard who explored the future southeastern United States and discovered and named the Mississippi River. The parish, established in 1843, was in fact named after the unrelated Marcel DeSoto, who led the first group of Euro...
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 Battle of Pleasant Hill occurred on 9 April 1864 and formed part of the Red River Campaign during the American Civil War when Union forces aimed to occupy the Louisiana state capital, Shreveport.The battle was essentially a continuation of the Battle of Mansfield (8 April), a Confederate victory, which had caused the Union commander, Major General Nathaniel P. Banks, to send his wagons, wit...