Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Official Website The parish was formed in 1805, the county is the heart of the Cane River Louisiana Creole community, free people of color of mixed-race descent who settled here in the antebellum period. Their descendants continue to be Catholic and many are still French-speaking. The Cane River Natio...
Also called Battle of Cane's Crossing and Battle of Monett's Bluff . Near the end of the Red River Expedition , Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks 's army evacuated Grand Ecore and retreated to Alexandria, pursued by Confederate forces. Banks's advance party, commanded by Brig. Gen. William H. Emory , encountered Brig. Gen. Hamilton P. Bee 's cavalry division near Monett's Ferry (Cane River Crossing...
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,...
Wikipedia =Northwestern State University of Louisiana (NSU) is a four-year public university primarily situated in Natchitoches, Louisiana, United States, with a nursing campus in Shreveport and general campuses in Leesville/Fort Polk and Alexandria. It is a part of the University of Louisiana System. Notable Alumni