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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2DOC_u-s-army-20-pounder-parrott-rifle_Jackson-LA.html
U.S. Army 20-Pounder Parrott Rifle. Model 1861. . Robert Parker Parrott, a former U.S. army officer, invented a series of rifled, reinforced-breech, iron cannon. The cannon were manufactured at the West Point Foundry in Cold Springs, New York, an…
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/HM2DHA_steedman-headquarters_Jackson-LA.html
Steedman Headquarters. . . "Colonel Steedman having been put in command of the left wing, composed of the First Alabama, 15th Arkansas and 10th Arkansas, a detachment of Wingfield's battalion and 39th Mississippi regiment. Colonel Steedman, durin…
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/HM2DGR_field-artillery-limber_Jackson-LA.html
Field Artillery Limber. . . Field artillery cannon, like 6-pounder guns and 20-pounder Parrotts, were towed from location to location by two wheeled carriages called limbers. Teams of six or four horses, grouped in pairs, were harnessed to the l…
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/HM2DCN_discovery-rodessa-oil-field_Rodessa-LA.html
Discovery-Rodessa Oil Field. . United Gas Public Service Company, discovered the Rodessa Oil Field one mile west of this historical marker on July 7, 1935. Rodessa was a "Boom Town" a few weeks later. . . United's L.L. Young No. 1, Le…