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Atchafalaya Guards: Of Avoyelles and Pointe Coupee Parishes. Louisiana answers the call at Gettysburg and beyond

Atchafalaya Guards: Of Avoyelles and Pointe Coupee Parishes. Louisiana answers the call at Gettysburg and beyond

Paperback

Series: Avoyelles in the Civil War, Book 2

Civil War Period (1850-1877)

ISBN10: 1482072017
ISBN13: 9781482072013
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Feb 3 2013
Pages: 98
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
In April of 1861 about 125 men left Avoyelles and Pointe Coupee for the war front in Virginia. They were the Atchafalaya Guard, assigned to the 2nd Louisiana Infantry. Their sacrifice brought them through over a dozen major battles, including Gettysburg, Manassas, Appomattox, and Malvern Hill. The guard were largely made up of planters along the Atchafalaya and French Creole farmers of Bayou des Glaises from Moreauville to Simmesport.

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Civil War Period (1850-1877)