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Plaquemine Post Burying Ground

Plaquemine, Iberville Parish, Louisiana, USA – *No GPS coordinates

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The Fourteenth regiment Rhode Island heavy artillery (colored) in the war to preserve the Union, 1861-1865
By William H. Chenery, Late First Lieutenant, Company F, Second Battalion.
Providence : Snow & Farnham, Printers and Publishers.

On the 15th of May, 1865, Captain Southwick inspected the Second Battalion at Plaquemine, and reported as follows : "The garrison of this Post consists of the Second Battalion (Companies E, F, G, and H,) Eleventh United States Colored Artillery (Heavy), and of Companies G and D of the Third Rhode Island Cavalry. The former is commanded by Maj. Richard G. Shaw, and the latter by Maj. Edmund C. Burt. Col. J. Hale Sypher, Eleventh United States Colored Artillery (Heavy), commands the Post. The town is compactly built on the south bank of Bayou Plaquemine, at its junction with the Mississippi. The artillery is in camp just outside the town, on the river bank and north of the 'fort.' The camp is very clean. The quarters consist of huts which present a neat and comfortable appearance. The streets are graded and have brick sidewalks. The detachment of Third Rhode Island Cavalry is in barracks (abandoned houses) in the westerly part of the village. They have good stables. Forage, good and sufficient. The horses are in very fair condition, except those at the Telegraph Station across the ' River.'




From:
The Fourteenth regiment Rhode Island heavy artillery (colored) in the war to preserve the Union, 1861-1865
By William H. Chenery, Late First Lieutenant, Company F, Second Battalion.
Providence : Snow & Farnham, Printers and Publishers.

On the 15th of May, 1865, Captain Southwick inspected the Second Battalion at Plaquemine, and reported as follows : "The garrison of this Post consists of the Second Battalion (Companies E, F, G, and H,) Eleventh United States Colored Artillery (Heavy), and of Companies G and D of the Third Rhode Island Cavalry. The former is commanded by Maj. Richard G. Shaw, and the latter by Maj. Edmund C. Burt. Col. J. Hale Sypher, Eleventh United States Colored Artillery (Heavy), commands the Post. The town is compactly built on the south bank of Bayou Plaquemine, at its junction with the Mississippi. The artillery is in camp just outside the town, on the river bank and north of the 'fort.' The camp is very clean. The quarters consist of huts which present a neat and comfortable appearance. The streets are graded and have brick sidewalks. The detachment of Third Rhode Island Cavalry is in barracks (abandoned houses) in the westerly part of the village. They have good stables. Forage, good and sufficient. The horses are in very fair condition, except those at the Telegraph Station across the ' River.'




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  • Added: 13 Jul 2016
  • Find a Grave Cemetery ID: 2617846