4 mi. SE of Mansfield on LA 175, Mansfield, Louisiana. County/parish: De Soto.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 13, 1973. NRIS 73002131.
1 contributing site.
The Mansfield State Historic Site, also known as the Mansfield Battlefield, is a battlefield in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. The Louisiana state historic site commemorates the Battle of Mansfield fought on Friday, April 8, 1864, during the Red River Campaign of the American Civil War. The site was listed in the U.S. National Register of Historic Places as the Mansfield Battle Park in 1973. Established in 1924 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the site was transferred to the state of Louisiana in 1954.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73973333