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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1P30_madison-parish-confederate-monument_Tallulah-LA.html
In memory of our
Confederate Soldiers
of Madison Parish, LA
who enlisted and
served during the
War Between the States
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OQH_tallulah_Tallulah-LA.html
Tallulah was founded in 1857. In 1862 it was an important telegraph and railroad station on the Vicksburg, Shreveport, and Texas Railroad. On August 18, 1862, the depot, telegraph office, and several cars were destroyed by a small detachment of Fe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OQG_schicker-mound_Tallulah-LA.html
Schicker Mound is a 5-foot-tall platform mound that is 115 by 115 feet at the base. The age is unknown. The mound was 12 feet tall before the house was constructed on top in the 1920s. The LaSalle Street Mound, located only 300 feet due west, may …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O87_crescent-plantation_Tallulah-LA.html
During the Civil War, Crescent was the home of Dr. D.M. and Elizabeth DeMoss Dancy. The house was built in 1832.
When Gen. U.S. Grant's Federal forces occupied Madison Parish, an officer and several soldiers came to Crescent with orders to bur…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O86_fitzhugh-mounds_Tallulah-LA.html
Fitzhugh once had 7 mounds and a linear earthen ridge leading to the site from the west. Now only 2 mounds remain. The largest is square with a flat top. It is 10 feet tall and 150 by 150 feet at the base. The smaller mound is 4 feet tall and 200 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O82_burning-of-richmond_Tallulah-LA.html
During the second week of May 1863, the Federals abandoned their supply line connecting Milliken's Bend with Hard Times. On June 4, the Confederates reoccupied Richmond. From Richmond, Gen. Dick Taylor launched an offensive to destroy the Union ba…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O81_skirmish-at-richmond_Tallulah-LA.html
Col. T.W. Bennett's task force, which had been sent to reconnoiter the route from Milliken's Bend to New Carthage, reached this point at 2:00 P.M. on March 31, 1863. If the Federals were to occupy Richmond, they would first have to cross Roundaway…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O7H_tendal-mound_Tallulah-LA.html
Tendal is a platform mound with sides that face the four cardinal directions. It is 6½ feet tall and 165 by 230 feet at the base. The mound was flat on top even before the house was constructed. Artifacts found here suggest the mound was buil…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1O7F_scottland-plantation-house_Tallulah-LA.html
Scottland Plantation House is a frame, center-hall plantation house, that is one of only three surviving Greek Revival structures in Madison Parish. The house was once at the center of the 1,440 acre Scottland Plantation from which much of Tallula…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM14X1_grants-march-thru-louisiana_Tallulah-LA.html
Grant's March Map included
Winter Quarters(Picture included)Winter Quarters, the country home of Haller and JuliaNutt, is the only plantation home along Lake Saint Joseph that survived the Vicksburg campaign. The Nutts wereUnion sympathizers w…