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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2E6C_purple-heart-memorial-a-war-memorial_Zachary-LA.html
Purple Heart Memorial. Military Order of the Purple Heart. It is foolish and wrong To mourn the men who died Rather we should thank God That such men lived.. General George S. Patton, Jr.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DVJ_medal-of-honor-tree-a-war-memorial_Zachary-LA.html
Medal of Honor Tree. . . This Tree . Dedicated by the Veterans . Administration in 1976 to . America's Medal of Honor . Recipients who helped . Make this Bicentennial . Observance possible . by Gallantry Above and . Beyond the Call of Duty.
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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DVG_port-hudson-national-cemetery_Zachary-LA.html
Port Hudson National Cemetery. . . Fall of Port Hudson . In May 1863, Union Gen. Nathaniel Banks landed 30,000 soldiers at Bayou Sara north of Port Hudson. A force of 7,500 men commanded by Confederate Gen. Franklin Gardner held the Mississippi …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DI2_alabama-arkansas-redoubt_Zachary-LA.html
Alabama-Arkansas Redoubt. . . "Owing to the ruggedness of the ground and felled timbers, the enemy could not preserve their lines intact and soon became a conglomerate mass. We waited their approach in silence. When within forty yards we were com…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DH6_major-bennetts-lunette_Zachary-LA.html
Major Bennett's Lunette. . . "Another (solid shot) struck a tree about thirty feet from the ground, cutting it completely off at a point eight inches in diameter the top as it fell killing one horse and crushing a caisson of the First Maine Batte…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DH5_bennetts-house-and-battery_Zachary-LA.html
Bennett's House and Battery. . . "Two pieces of siege artillery were removed during Tuesday (May 26 1863) night from the heavy batteries on the river and mounted on this line—-one rifled 24 pounder, under command of Lieutenant Sanford, Comp…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DG8_slaughter-pen_Zachary-LA.html
Slaughter Pen. . . "About the middle of the siege, the enemy attempted to make a sneak through our lines in the night. A picked command was formed, possibly a thousand men. They selected the slaughter pen route. This pen stood on a high bluff, de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DG7_commissary-hill_Zachary-LA.html
Commissary Hill. . . "During the fierce assault on May 27 on our whole left wing, Commissary Hill was an essential object of attack. Here we had a four gun battery, and behind it were our commissary stores, arsenal and old ginhouse containing the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DG6_lower-commissary-hill-battery_Zachary-LA.html
Lower Commissary Hill Battery. . . "Nearly all the pieces stationed upon the Commissary Hill, to guard the approaches to the mill between the left wing and the center, were either dismounted or other wise disabled. Against this point, the enemy h…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DBK_mississippi-redoubt_Zachary-LA.html
Mississippi Redoubt. . . "Lieut. Rhodes...deployed his men at intervals so as to occupy the whole ridge commenced firing on the enemy [black Union troops] both front and rear doing terrible execution and throwing them into confusion and disorder,…