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Site Name Mansfield State Historic Site Street Address 15149 Highway 175 City / State / Zip Mansfield LA, 71052 Phone number 318-872-1474 Web Page www.lastateparks.com   Admission Fee Adults $2.00, seniors and children under twelve free. Hours Daily 9:00 A.M.-5:00 P.M. Visitor services Public rest rooms, museum, maps, interpretive programs. Regular Events April, reenactments and living history program.     Directions From I-20 go through Shreveport to Highway 171 south; go approximately 35 miles to Mansfield and turn onto U.S. 84 west. Turn south on Highway 175 and travel three miles to the site. From I-49 exit at U.S. 84 west.
Site Description
The Battle of Mansfield took place on April 8, 1864. Under the leadership of Gen. Richard Taylor, an army of fewer than 9,000 Confederate soldiers from Texas and Louisiana defeated 13,000 Union troops under Gen. Nathaniel Banks. The day after the Battle of Mansfield, on April 9, the fierce Battle of Pleasant Hill was fought, with both sides taking heavy losses and withdrawing from the field after dark.

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