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1555:, Vol. XXXIV, p. 608. Report of Brig. Gen. Hamilton P. Bee, C.S. Army, commanding Cavalry Division — dated April 10, 1864 at Pleasant Hill, La. According to Bee, Brig. Gen. Augustus C. Buchel was "mortally wounded" in the initial attack at Pleasant Hill at 5 p.m. (or shortly before) and died two days after the battle at Bee's Camp.
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sufficient drinking water for an entire army, Banks could not hold this position for any length of time. During the one day, April 9, most of the rain water stored in the cisterns was depleted. Without making a final decision concerning the future of his campaign, Banks sent his wagon trains ... on the way toward Grand Ecore."
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refers to the battle as a Union tactical victory; the majority of historians agree with this view, although a few consider the action to have been a draw. The battle's outcome was costly for both sides, however; according to
Brooksher, the 1864 Red River campaign helped to prolong the war by tying
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After the success of the
Confederates at the Battle of Mansfield, April 8, 1864, Union forces retreated during the night and next morning took up a position on Pleasant Hill. The road from Mansfield to Pleasant Hill was "littered by burning wagons, abandoned knapsacks, arms, and cooking utensils.
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Pleasant Hill ... is a large, open field, which had once been cultivated, but is now overgrown with weeds and bushes. The slightly-elevated centre of the field, from which the name Pleasant Hill is taken is nothing more than a long mound, hardly worthy of the name of hill. A
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560:, Chief of Staff, and others, attempted to get Cameron to return to Pleasant Hill throughout the day, but he failed to do so—he stated that he never received any written orders to return. Banks doesn't appear to have been fully aware of the exact orders Cameron had received from Franklin.
556:'s detachment of the XIII Corps, now under the command of Brig. Gen. Robert A. Cameron—Ransom was also wounded on the April 8. The baggage train made slow progress and was still only a few miles from Pleasant Hill when the major fighting began later that day. Brig. Gen.
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Pleasant Hill at 11 a.m., and included many pieces of artillery. Most of Franklin's Cavalry (commanded by Brig. Gen. Albert Lindley Lee) and the
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525:'s Missouri Division (numbering 2,200 men) arrived at Mansfield at 6 p.m. Neither of these Divisions participated in the Battle of Mansfield — however, both would play a major role during the Battle of Pleasant Hill.
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today referred to as the "Old town" or "Old Pleasant Hill". Dr. Harris H. Beecher, Assistant-Surgeon, 114th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment, present at the battle, described the village of Pleasant Hill as
1276:. Most were kept prisoner here for the next year or so, and were not released until a general exchange of prisoners occurred near the end of the war—a small number, however, were released at an earlier date.
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1454:, Vol. XXXIV, p. 307. Report of Maj. Gen. Andrew J. Smith, U. S. Army, commanding detachments of Sixteenth and Seventeenth Army Corps — dated September 26, 1865 at Saint Louis, Mo.
478:, to send his wagons, with most of his artillery, downriver in retreat. However, both sides had been reinforced through the night, and when the Confederate commander, Major General
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A newspaper described Pleasant Hill as "a little village situated on a low ridge, containing in peace-times probably 300 inhabitants." It further stated that,
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1418:, Vol. XXXIV, p. 604. Report of Brig. Gen. James C. Tappan, C.S. Army, commanding Churchill's division, of engagement at Pleasant Hill — dated April 12, 1864.
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A memorial of Brevet Brigadier General Lewis Benedict, Colonel of 162d Regiment N. Y. V. I., who fell in battle at Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864.
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1664:, Vol. XXXIV, p. 609. Report of Brig. Gen. Hamilton P. Bee, C.S. Army, commanding Cavalry Division — dated April 10, 1864 at Pleasant Hill, La.
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1119:Lucien C. Gause
875:Hamilton P. Bee
869:Joseph A. Mower
847:Thomas J. Green
841:Andrew J. Smith
714:James C. Tappan
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2421:
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2411:
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2403:
2401:
2398:
2397:
2395:
2391:
2381:
2378:
2376:
2373:
2371:
2368:
2366:
2365:Alfred Mouton
2363:
2361:
2358:
2356:
2355:Harry T. Hays
2353:
2351:
2348:
2346:
2343:
2341:
2340:Braxton Bragg
2338:
2336:
2333:
2331:
2328:
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2323:
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2081:
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2036:
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2023:
2020:
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2017:
2013:
2009:
2002:
1997:
1995:
1990:
1988:
1983:
1982:
1979:
1973:
1969:
1966:
1963:
1958:
1954:
1953:
1943:
1939:
1935:
1931:
1927:
1923:
1919:
1917:9781940804781
1913:
1906:
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1899:
1898:
1888:
1887:0-8071-0834-0
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1796:. Baltimore:
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1787:
1783:
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1186:
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1141:
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1134:
1131:
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1120:
1116:
1113:
1110:
1109:
1105:
1102:
1099:
1096:
1095:
1091:
1088:
1085:
1082:
1081:
1077:
1073:
1071:
1067:
1065:
1061:
1058:
1054:
1053:
1049:
1047:
1046:Horace Randal
1043:
1040:
1037:
1036:
1032:
1029:
1027:
1023:
1020:
1016:
1015:
1011:
1007:
1005:
1001:
999:
995:
992:
988:
987:
983:
979:
977:
973:
970:
967:
963:
962:
958:
954:
952:
948:
946:
942:
938:
934:
933:
929:
924:
922:
918:
915:
912:
911:
907:
903:
901:
900:Xavier Debray
897:
894:
891:
887:
886:
882:
878:
876:
872:
870:
866:
863:
859:
858:
854:
850:
848:
844:
842:
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835:
831:
830:
826:
822:
820:
816:
814:
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803:
802:
798:
794:
792:
788:
785:
782:
781:
777:
773:
771:
767:
765:
761:
758:
754:
753:
749:
745:
743:
739:
737:
733:
730:
726:
725:
721:
717:
715:
711:
709:
705:
702:
698:
697:
693:
689:
687:
683:
681:
677:
674:
670:
669:
661:
646:
638:
633:
628:
620:
615:
614:
613:
612:
607:
599:
597:
593:
589:
584:
582:
579:, who was at
578:
574:
570:
566:
561:
559:
555:
551:
547:
541:
539:
535:
531:
526:
524:
519:
514:
512:
508:
504:
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494:
484:
481:
477:
473:
468:
466:
462:
458:
454:
450:
446:
431:
428:
426:
423:
421:
420:Poison Spring
418:
416:
413:
411:
410:Elkin's Ferry
408:
406:
403:
402:
401:
400:
399:
392:
389:
387:
384:
382:
379:
377:
374:
372:
369:
367:
364:
362:
361:Pleasant Hill
359:
357:
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344:
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332:
322:
317:
315:
310:
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302:
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285:
276:Pleasant Hill
264:
255:
248:~1,626 total
247:
238:
237:
232:
228:
225:
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219:
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208:
207:
202:
199:
194:
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187:
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177:
176:
171:
168:
157:
154:
150:
149:United States
139:
138:
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124:
95:
91:
87:
83:
80:
79:
65:
62:
61:
57:
53:
47:
42:
37:
34:
29:
24:
19:
2464:
2240:
2208:Grand Coteau
1903:
1870:
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1793:
1770:
1761:
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1724:Bibliography
1713:
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1690:
1683:Johnson 1958
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1439:
1435:
1427:
1423:
1415:
1411:
1391:
1387:
1380:Kennedy 1998
1375:
1368:Kennedy 1998
1351:Johnson 1958
1297:
1278:
1274:Tyler, Texas
1264:A number of
1263:
1259:
1254:
1246:
1239:
1231:
1226:
1222:
1202:
1197:
1193:
1188:
1184:
1180:
1175:
666:Confederate
585:
562:
549:
542:
527:
515:
510:
496:
469:
444:
442:
425:Marks' Mills
396:
395:
391:Yellow Bayou
360:
346:Fort DeRussy
340:
252:426 captured
243:844 wounded
239:1,369 total
135:Belligerents
45:
31:Part of the
18:
2318:Confederate
2302:New Orleans
2290:Involvement
2038:Confederacy
1875:Baton Rouge
1171: 1864
1155:Battlefield
1138:Brig. Gen.
1002:Brig. Gen.
974:Brig. Gen.
949:Brig. Gen.
943:Brig. Gen.
919:Brig. Gen.
898:Brig. Gen.
873:Brig. Gen.
867:Brig. Gen.
845:Brig. Gen.
839:Brig. Gen.
817:Brig. Gen.
789:Brig. Gen.
762:Brig. Gen.
740:Brig. Gen.
734:Brig. Gen.
712:Brig. Gen.
706:Brig. Gen.
684:Brig. Gen.
609:Commanders
455:during the
376:26–27 April
245:375 missing
241:150 killed
198:Dick Taylor
118: /
2515:Categories
2350:Henry Gray
2031:Combatants
1934:1341268269
1926:2022036037
1307:References
1298:Historian
1281:Shreveport
1228:afternoon.
1070:Henry Gray
768:Maj. Gen.
678:Maj. Gen.
643:Maj. Gen.
625:Maj. Gen.
581:Shreveport
546:XIII Corps
465:Shreveport
405:Mount Elba
381:Alexandria
106:93°30′36″W
103:31°51′04″N
92:parishes,
73:1864-04-09
2505:Louisiana
2393:Aftermath
2052:Campaigns
1942:40130965M
1568:, p. 308.
1564:Beecher,
1312:Citations
1270:Camp Ford
1251:Aftermath
596:Camp Ford
518:Mansfield
500:historian
449:Louisiana
356:Mansfield
341:Louisiana
94:Louisiana
2454:Category
1881:, 1963,
1832:6263996M
1816:58-59976
1117:Colonel
1068:Colonel
1062:Colonel
1044:Colonel
1024:Colonel
996:Colonel
811:Colonel
398:Arkansas
221:Strength
81:Location
2479:Portals
2465:Commons
2414:Removal
2311:Leaders
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