Winter Quarters Plantation
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kwashnak
N 32° 01.087 W 091° 09.945
15S E 673233 N 3543913
Winter Quarters State Historic Site on LA 608 south of Newellton.
Waymark Code: WM9E1V
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 08/08/2010
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Winter Quarters Plantation
Winter Quarters Plantation was owned by Haller Nutt during the Civil War. the plantation was used as an overnight stopping point by thousands of Federal troops on their march to Hard Times. The first to arrive was Col. J. Keigwin's force, which spent the night of April 28, 1963 here.
Winter Quarters was the only plantation home of the fifteen along Lake St. Joseph left standing after the Union march.
Grant's march through Louisiana was part of the Union campaign to capture Vicksburg on the Mississippi River.
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Marker Name: Winter Quarters Plantation
Marker Type: Roadside
What does marker relate to?: Building
Parish: Tensas
Year Erected or Date Dedicated: Not listed
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