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Battle of Bisland

April 12-13 1863. General Nathaniel P. Bank’s Union army attacked Gen. Richard Taylor’s Confederate forces entrenched at Fort Bisland. Confederates repulsed each attack, but post evacuated when Union flanking force landed at Irish Bend.

Located near Calumet Bridge in Bisland, District 3, St. Mary Parish. 291






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