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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2A2C_le-chemin-militaire_Vacherie-LA.html
Route used by Civil War troops. It led from Mississippi River over swamp ridges, Indian trails, through Chackbay (Chegby), Thibodaux and Bayou Lafourche areas, to Attakapas country. Local militia units took active parts in Civil War engagements.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LO1_oak-alley-plantation_Vacherie-LA.html
Built (1837-39) by Jacques T. Roman, this fine example of Greek Revival architecture is famous for its alley of 28 evenly spaced live oak trees, believed to be at least 100 years older than Big House.
A National Historic Landmark
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JDK_heros-tomb_Vacherie-LA.html
Veterans Memorial Monument
There have been only two persons
willing to die for you;
one died for your freedoms,
the other died for your soul
For those who fought for it,
freedom has a special taste,
the protected will never know
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JC2_notre-dame-de-la-paix_Vacherie-LA.html
Mission chapel and cemetery served by St. James Catholic Church from 1854. Became separate parish in 1864. Our Lad of Peace parish church completed 1900 and consecrated May 12, 1902.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JC1_colonel-leopold-l-armant_Vacherie-LA.html
Enlisted in Confederate Army, 1861; died heroically at Battle of Mansfield, 1864. Served in Yellow Jacket Bat. Com. of 18th Vol. Inf. Reg. and Mouton Brig. His ancestors were Jean Marie, Jean Baptiste, and Jean Seraphim Armant, St. James planters …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1JC0_le-petit-versailles_Vacherie-LA.html
Once famed plantation home and gardens of Valcour Aime 1798-1867. Birthplace Marie Francois Alcee Fortier grandson and historian 1856-1914. 1768 La Vacherie of DeNoyan Brothers Bienville's Grandnephews of Blanpain, Ranson, Jacquelin 1740-50's