Louisiana Forts

American Forts: East

LOUISIANA

Last Update: 20/JULY/2025

Compiled by Pete Payette - Š2025 American Forts Network

Post at Cado de Aquin
(1718), Caddo Parish ?
A small Spanish outpost (11 men) said to have been located at a Caddo village about 30 Spanish leagues (about 90-100 miles) from Natchitoches, probably in the lakes region north of Shreveport, or possibly in northeastern Texas. (see also TEXAS page 1)

Caddo Indian Agency (2)
(1825 - 1831), near Gilliam, Caddo Parish
A U.S. Government Indian Agency primarily for the Caddo tribe was located on the old Natchitoches - Arkansas Road on Black Bayou southwest of the present town, and west of Cavett, in the vicinity of the present-day Herndon High School (built 1956) (at 11845 Gamm Road, Belcher). The post had been previously located in present-day Arkansas on the Sulphur Fork of the Red River, near Doddridge. Troops may have been present at times, but the place was never fortified.

Shreveport Civil War Defenses
(1864 - 1865), Shreveport
Confederate fortifications of the city included:
Fort Jenkins, located at the present-day Schumpert Medical Center complex.
Fort Albert Sidney Johnston, located south of Cross Bayou at present-day Clay and Webster Streets. Remnants may still exist in a small park.
Fort Turnbull, located at the east end of East Stoner Ave., at North Spring Street, at Bayou Pierre (Confederate Memorial Park), near the modern LA National Guard Fort Humbug Armory and the Overton Brooks V.A. Hospital (built 1947), 400 East Stoner Ave.. Confederates used charred logs here to simulate cannons (so-called "Quaker Guns"). The Union scouts who saw the fort were "humbugged", hence the nickname Fort Humbug (1).

There were 14 detached batteries located within the line of entrenchments between the three main forts and the banks of the Red River.
Battery #1 marker located at the V.A. Hospital flag pole, 510 East Stoner Ave..
Battery #2 was near Royal Street on Stoner Hill.
Battery #3 and Battery #4 markers located in the Greenwood Cemetery (1892) on East Stoner Ave. (#3 near Plot #408, and #4 in the Confederate section), 130 East Stoner Ave.. A Confederate military hospital was also here.
Battery #5 marker located on Marshall Street at Highland Ave. (on the hill behind the Highland Sanitarium), 1006 Highland Ave..
Battery #6 was at the corner of Nutt and Egan Streets.
Unnumbered Battery (a) was on the lawn of the Herold home on Jordan Street.
Unnumbered Battery (b) was at the northeast corner of Jordan and Fairfield Streets.
Battery #7 marker located on Murphy Street at Texas Ave. (on the grounds of the old Charity Hospital/Shreveport City Police Department Headquarters), 1234 Texas Ave..
Batteries #8, #9, #11 were at intervals between Battery #7 at Charity Hospital and Battery #12 on Arsenal Hill.
Battery #10 marker located at 600 Clyde Fant Parkway at the Shreveport Convention Center.
Battery #12 marker located at the SWEPCO power plant on Arsenal Hill. No public access.

The city was the Confederate capital of Louisiana from March 1863 until June 1865, and also the Confederate Army headquarters of the Trans-Mississippi Department until June 1865, and was never captured by the Union at any time during the Civil War.

(see also Fort Kirby Smith and Bossier City Defenses listed below)

Shreveport Arsenal (1860 ? - 1873), a state arsenal taken over (or leased) by the Confederacy in 1863, and by 1865 was composed of 56 buildings (three of them brick) on 73 acres, located on Arsenal Hill on the south side of Cross Bayou. Workers from the Arkadelphia CSA Ordnance Works in Arkansas were transferred here in the summer of 1863, and the machinery and equipment from the Camden (Arkansas) CSA Ordnance Works was transferred here in May 1863. Taken over by the Union after the war concluded, and used as Federal troop barracks during the Reconstruction period until 1873 when the site was relinquished back to the original land owners. No remains.

Camp Boggs (1)
(1864 - 1865), Shreveport
A CSA camp guarding a nearby two-acre POW stockade enclosure, located on a hill about one and one-half miles south of town. It was originally a tent camp laid out in avenues and cross streets, later log cabins were built. The camp closed in May 1865.

Camp Foster
(1897), Shreveport
A Louisiana National Guard (1st Infantry Regiment) summer camp (August 1897).

Camp Jumel
(1915), Shreveport
A Louisiana National Guard (1st Infantry Regiment) summer camp at the Fair Grounds in the city.

Fort Kirby Smith (Memorial Park)
(1864 - 1865), Bossier City
An enclosed triangular earthwork fort, part of the CSA defenses for Shreveport. Monument on Coleman Street between Monroe and Mansfield Streets, adjacent to Bossier High School, which was built on the grounds in 1939-40. A small section of the outer wall still exists in the park, which was dedicated in June 1936. The town was known as Cane's Landing, or Cane City, during the Civil War (renamed in 1883). (Bossier is pronounced "Bozure")

CSA Battery Price, a redan type work, was nearby to the west, west of the old Benton Road (leveled in 1936).
Battery Walker, a redan type work opposite the mouth of Cross Bayou (or possibly 500 yards north of it ?), was upriver from town along the river's left bank.
Battery Ewell, an enclosed battery, was downriver from town, opposite Fort Turnbull.
No traces remain of the river batteries.

Post on the Red River (1)
(1719 ?), near Shreveport
A French military or trade post on the Red River at the Yatasse village, said to have been located about 25 leagues (about 75-85 miles) from Natchitoches. Undetermined location, possibly at or near the old mouth of Bayou Pierre in the Wright Island area, just north of the Shreveport-Barksdale Highway Bridge (Westgate Drive).

Camp Morgan (2)
(1863), Caddo Parish, or DeSoto Parish
A temporary Confederate (Morgan's Battalion of Texas Cavalry) camp (July 1863) located on Bayou Pierre south of Shreveport. Undetermined location.

Camp Magruder
(1864), near Minden, Webster Parish
A CSA camp (November 1864) located somewhere east of town.

Post at Minden
(1865), Minden
A Union occupation camp of Negro troops, under a Col. Foley of Illinois, composed of about 100 cabins located near the house of J.W. Berry. The camp headquarters was in Berry's house. The camp was likely on the north side of the first two blocks of the present Homer Road.

Camp Beach Creek
(1862), near Homer, Claiborne Parish
A temporary CSA (W.P. Lane Rangers of Texas) camp (November 1862) located eight miles west of town.

Camp Nathan Smith
(1862), near Homer, Claiborne Parish
A temporary CSA (W.P. Lane Rangers of Texas) camp (November 1862) located about eight miles north of town.

Camp at Vienna
(1862 - 1863), Vienna, Lincoln Parish
A CSA assembly and training camp. The 28th (Gray's) Louisiana Infantry Regiment was organized here in May 1862. The headquarters camp of the North Louisiana sub-district, under Brig. Gen. Paul O. Hebert, was located here in October 1863.

Camp Exchange, a Confederate parolee camp, was here in 1864.

Camp Worth (2) ?
(1860's ?), near Logansport, DeSoto Parish
Presumably a Confederate camp (date ?) located northwest of town along the Texas border on Garrison Creek, west-southwest of present-day Funston, as depicted on a 1864 map of the Red River Campaign (Library of Congress). (NOTE: although similar, this is not the same map as printed in the Official Civil War Atlas on Plate 53, which does not show the area around Logansport.) It is possible that this may be the actual location of the 1836-37 Camp Worth (1) listed below.

Post on Bayou Pierre
(1805 - 1806), near Carmel (?), DeSoto Parish
A Spanish garrison outpost on Bayou Pierre, somewhere northeast of present-day Mansfield, probably near Bayou Pierre Lake, reportedly about 40 miles northwest of Natchitoches, established in June 1805, and withdrawn in September 1806 to the west side of the Sabine River to avoid a possible confrontation with American troops. Other than a barracks and/or possible blockhouse, there were no fortifications.

In the Official Civil War Atlas to Accompany the Official Records, on Plate 162, a Fort Joseph is so designated in apparently this same location. There was no American fort by this name located here. No other information has been found. Possibly this was derived from the Spanish name of the post or settlement (?).

Fort Jesup (State Historic Site)
(1822 - 1848), Fort Jesup, Sabine Parish FORT WIKI
Located at what was then known as Shields' Spring, about six miles northeast of Many, to protect the newly established international boundary fixed at the Sabine River after the ratification of the 1819 Onís-Adams Treaty with Spain (ratified by Spain in 1821). First known briefly as Cantonment at Shield's Spring, then Cantonment Jesup, when established in April 1822. It was officially redesignated as a "fort" in June 1833, although some reports in 1832 were headed "Fort Jesup". The first garrison was composed of five companies of the U.S. 7th Infantry Regiment, staying until replaced in October 1831 by five companies of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Regiment. This was the headquarters post of the U.S. Army's Department of the West from 1831 to 1834. Ten companies of the U.S. 6th Infantry were temporarily added to the post in April 1836 after Texas' independence, and were transferred to nearby Camp Sabine (4). The 3rd Infantry left before October 1840, and was replaced by various other units and detachments, including the 2nd Dragoons and various companies of Riflemen. The post became the main staging area for American troops in preparation for movement into Texas and Mexico just prior to the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, from May 1844 to July 1845. The last garrison of troops left in January 1846, and the post was left with a caretaker until 1848. The 25-square mile military reservation was put up for sale in April 1850, and the last unsold lots were transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Interior in March 1871. The site was used as a temporary Confederate campground in March 1864, several of the old buildings then still standing but in decay. A company of Federal cavalry (Co. I, 4th U.S. Cavalry) was temporarily here in April 1868. Several buildings have been reconstructed in the state park. Admission fee. See also Cane River National Heritage Area

Just northeast of the fort proper was Camp Wilkins (May 1844 - July 1845), an encampment area for eight companies of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Regiment that arrived from Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis (MO), and two companies of the same regiment from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in preparation for the Mexican-American War.

Camp Potrero
(1806), near Fort Jesup
A temporary American tent camp (October 1806) west of Los Adaes, somewhere near the future site of Fort Jesup, occupied by troops under General James Wilkinson who were enroute to the Sabine River for border negotiations with the Spanish. Also spelled Portero.

Camp at La Pedria
(1806), near Many ?
A temporary American tent camp (October 1806) on a small stream somewhere near the future site of Fort Jesup, occupied by troops under General James Wilkinson who were enroute to the Sabine River for border negotiations with the Spanish.

Post at Comichi
(1803 - 1806), near Many ?
A Spanish outpost (20 men) located along the El Camino Real de los Tejas, east of the Sabine River and west of Los Adaes. The barracks were abandoned and burned (by the Spanish) in February 1806 after pressure from the U.S. Army (60 men, 2nd U.S. Infantry Regiment under Capt. Edward Turner), the Spanish troops then withdrawing to the west side of the Sabine River. Undetermined location.

Post at La Nana
(1805), near Many
A temporary Spanish outpost (20 men) (November-December 1805) at the Barr Ranch (1798) on La Nana Creek (Bayou la Nana), used as a base for patrols in the border region west of Natchitoches. May have been re-occupied and then burned down in February 1806, when the nearby post at Comichi was also abandoned. Site now submerged by the Toledo Bend Reservoir.

Camp on the Sabine River (1)
(1806), near Many
An American military encampment (November 1806) (with about 600 infantry and artillery troops under General James Wilkinson) located west of town along the Sabine River, north of the main road (El Camino Real de los Tejas) between Black Haw Creek and Bayou Lemon. While Spanish troops occupied a position just below and across the river, an agreement was negotiated which created the "Neutral Ground" between the Sabine River on the west; and the Rio Hondo (Calcasieu River), Kisatchie Bayou, Old River, and Arroyo Hondo/Bayou Pierre on the east, to the 32nd Parallel (below Mansfield), which would last until the 1819 Onís-Adams Treaty (ratified in 1821) that finally settled the boundary between Louisiana and Spanish Texas. This site may have been the same site of the later Camp Sabine (4) (1836), or was likely located closer to the river.

Camp Ripley
(1819 - 1821), near Many ?, Sabine Parish
An Army post on the east bank of the Sabine River (unknown location) in violation of the 1806 "Neutral Ground" agreement. Established in August 1819, and maintained until well into 1821, garrisoned by one or more various companies or detachments of the U.S. 1st Infantry Regiment, usually averaging about 100 men, quartered in hutments. Also known as Camp Sabine (3). This was a subpost of Fort Selden. In 1820 a detachment was sent from Camp Ripley to Fort Selden to safeguard public property there.

A temporary Army camp or stockade (Camp Sabine (2)) was located on the Sabine River in November 1818, garrisoned by elements of the U.S. 1st Infantry Regiment under a Major Whartenby, from the Baton Rouge Barracks. These troops were returned to Baton Rouge by the spring of 1819. Location unknown, but these two camps may have been at the same place.

Camp Sabine (4)
(1836 - 1838), near Many
Located 13 miles west of town, about four miles east of the Sabine River, consisting of a blockhouse and eight storehouses. It was built to project American influence closer to the Texas border than Fort Jesup during the Texas War of Independence in 1836. Occupied by troops from April 1836 to August 1838, which at this time was practically the entire garrison of Fort Jesup. The camp was the headquarters of the Army's Department of the West from April to September 1836 under Major General Edmund Gaines. The blockhouse was converted sometime after the Mexican-American War into a church, the site (possibly relocated ?) is now the Beulah Baptist Church at 31665 LA Highway 191, about midway between El Camino Road and Block House Road. This was the old LA Highway 6 before the construction and filling of the Toledo Bend Reservoir in 1968 which rerouted the highway and river crossing.
(NOTE: not to be confused with Fort Sabine (1836) located at Sabine Pass, Texas.)

Sabine Town Breastworks
(1864), near Negreet, Sabine Parish
Confederate earthwork defenses were constructed at Hooker's Bend on the east side of the Sabine River, directly across from Sabinetown, Texas. The six-foot high zig-zag line extended for about three-fourths of one mile. The area is now completely submerged under the Toledo Bend Reservoir (impounded in 1968).

French Fort on the Sabine River ? ?
(unknown date), near Haddens, Vernon Parish ?
According to Mississippi Territorial Governor William C. Claiborne, writing to President Thomas Jefferson in August 1803, a small fort was supposedly built on the Sabine River by a party of French surveyors (date not given), where leaden posts were placed to mark the western boundary of Louisiana, and from there proceeded north to Bayou Pierre, about five leagues (about 16 miles) northwest of Natchitoches (possibly near Evelyn ?). The "fort" may have been located near the Toledo Bend of the Sabine River, near Bayou Toro.

Burr's Ferry Breastworks
(Confederate Memorial Park)
(1863 - 1864), Burr Ferry, Vernon Parish
CSA breastworks were built here (July 1863) in anticipation of a Union advance up the Sabine River during the fall of 1863. A small section of the works is preserved in a small park with a monument, located by the river just west of town on LA 8, owned and maintained by the Louisiana Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans. State marker on LA State Highway 8 erected in 2004.

Presidio de Los Adaes (State Historic Site)
(1721 - 1773, 1805- 1806), near Robeline, Natchitoches Parish
A reconstruction of a Spanish fort to defend against the French in Natchitoches, formally named Nuestra Seńora del Pilar de los Adaes. Also spelled Adais. Built in September-October 1721, the earthen fort was hexagonal, about 150 feet to a side, with three bastions (two guns each), and enclosing nine or ten adobe buildings used for Officers' quarters, barracks, storehouses, magazines, and a chapel. Several houses for families were nearby outside of the fort. The initial garrison was 100 men, but was soon reduced to 50 men. The Spanish Mission de San Miguel de Linares de los Adaes (1716 - 1719, 1721 - 1773) was one-half league away. The first mission had been attacked and burned by the French in 1719, prompting the Spanish to return in August 1721 with a 700-man expedition to fortify the eastern border of Texas. The presidio was rebuilt in 1726, and was garrisoned by only 16 men from 1734 to 1737. This post was the capital of Spanish Texas until 1773. Spanish troops were later encamped here in the late summer of 1805 until ordered withdrawn in (September ?) 1806 under pressure from the U.S. Army. They had refused to leave earlier in February 1806 when first approached by American troops (Capt. Turner's force). The area became part of the "Neutral Ground" between Louisiana and Texas after November 1806. The site was rediscovered in the 1920's, and the 9-acre park was dedicated in 1933. Excavations were begun in 1979. See also Handbook of Texas Online || See also Cane River National Heritage Area
Spanish Missions in Louisiana by Kenneth Larson

Camp Addais
(1806), near Robeline
A temporary American tent camp (October 1806) at or near the old Spanish post at Los Adaes (or one-half mile away on Adais Creek), occupied by troops under General James Wilkinson who were enroute to the Sabine River for border negotiations with the Spanish. Spanish troops had been encamped here, possibly as late as September 1806, before they were withdrawn to the west bank of the Sabine River to prevent a possible war with the United States.
(NOTE: the former Spanish village of Adaes was founded in 1814, located about 1.5 miles west of the site of the Presidio. It existed until the 1850's, and was also known as (Old) Spanish Town by Anglo settlers.)

Camp Bellwood
(1864), Bellwood, Natchitoches Parish (?)
A possible location of a Confederate (11th Regiment of Texas Infantry) camp (March 1864).

Fort St. Jean Baptiste (State Historic Site)
(1717 - 1766, 1769 - 1804), Natchitoches FORT WIKI
A 1979 reconstruction of a French fort to defend against the Spanish in Texas. The Indian settlement here on the east bank of the river at the time was originally occupied by a few French traders in 1714, led by Louis Juchereau, sieur de St. Denis, to protect their huts and storehouse. This was the first permanent European settlement in present-day Louisiana. The first French military troops were sent here in July 1716. The first French stockade fort was reportedly built in January 1717, located on a former island in the then middle of the Red (Cane) River, at or near Bayou Amulet, at about the present-day block bound by Jefferson Street to the Cane River, and Sibley and College Aves.. Garrisoned by 25 men. A new stockade post was built in October 1719 due to extensive wood rot and decay of the former post. Attacked by Natchez Indians in October 1731, who were then defeated with the help of the Spanish garrison from Los Adaes. In early 1732 the surviving Natchez were persued to Lake Sang pour Sang (about three miles south of present-day Cloutierville) where the French annihilated them. The post was moved off the island to the then west bank of the river sometime after 1732 (and before 1735), near the present-day Old American Cemetery on the east side of New Second Street. The Spanish protested this move, but nothing came of it. It was reported by the Spanish in August 1736 to be still under construction. French troops were likely still here until 1766. Known as Fort les Natchitoches under the Spanish regime, the first Spanish troops not arriving until 1769. It was later abandoned by the Spanish and fell into ruin by the time of the American Revolution. By 1792 there were militia barracks and stables for one company of infantry and one company of cavalry located in the town outside of the old decayed fort, which by then was only occupied by three men and the Commandant who occupied the Commandant's House, the only building then still standing. Various plans to rebuild the fort over the years were never carried out. Admission fee. See also Cane River National Heritage Area

"Spanish Hill" in town is so named for a Spanish blockhouse built in 1721 on the west bank of the river to check the French presence on the island. The Spanish withdrew in 1724 after agreeing to make the Arroyo Hondo the boundary between Texas and Louisiana.

American troops (2nd U.S. Infantry, detachment) arrived here on April 26, 1804, and raised the French Tricolor flag for one hour before raising the American flag over the town. No French troops were present. There were 32 Spanish troops present here on that day.

American Fort Claiborne (1804 - 1819) was located north of the old French fort, about 300 yards west of the river, also known as Post at Natchitoches or Post on Cane River. It was originally named Camp Claiborne (1). Built in August 1804, it was a palisaded rectangular work parallel to the river, with two barracks and a two-story blockhouse at the north end. Garrisoned at different times by various companies of the U.S. 2nd, 1st, and 7th Infantry Regiments, and the Rifle Regiment, as well as one or two companies of artillery. A government Indian Factory (Caddo Indian Agency (1)) was also established here in October 1805, later relocated to the Sulphur Fork of the Red River in present-day Arkansas in 1818. The so-called Fort Claiborne Guest House (built 1810 ?) at 801 Second Street was once located just outside the former stockade, but was perhaps not originally a military structure. The post was abandoned in July 1819 and demolished, the garrison transferring to Fort Selden. State marker located at 2nd and Lafayette Streets.
(Natchitoches is pronounced "nak-i-tosh")

Indian Camp
(1814 - 1815), Natchitoches
An encampment of several hundred Native American warriors, mostly Caddo, and all friendly to the United States, assembled by the Indian agent at the Caddo Agency and pressed into American service for the protection of the western Louisiana frontier during the British campaign against New Orleans (December 1814). A Caddo chief was commissioned a junior officer in the Army and placed in command of the outfit, which was kept together until April 1815.

Camp Fudge
(1837), near Natchitoches
A temporary Federal (Company F, 3rd U.S. Infantry) camp (December 1837), a sub-post of Fort Jesup, located two and one-half miles from town.

Camp Butler (2)
(1862, 1863), near Natchitoches
A CSA camp of this name is thought to have been located in the area (or possibly at Grande Écore ?). The Confederate 2nd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment was in a camp of this name during July and August 1862, and again in May and August 1863. One return for August (year ?) was the only one with a location.

Camp Clebourne
(1863), near Natchitoches
A temporary Confederate (Morgan's Battalion Texas Cavalry) camp (August 1863) located one mile south of town.

Camp Boggs (3)
(1865), near Natchitoches
A temporary CSA (8th Regiment Louisiana Cavalry (Dismounted)) camp (May 1865). Undetermined location.

Camp Worth (1)
(1836 - 1837), near Natchitoches ?
A Federal camp presumably located somewhere near town. Undetermined location. Company H, 2nd U.S. Infantry Regiment, under Capt. Otis Wheeler, was here in December 1836. Three companies of the U.S. 6th Infantry Regiment, under Major Bennet Riley, were here in January 1837.

Fort Selden
(1817 - 1822), near Grande Écore FORT WIKI
Established in February or March 1817 (or earlier ?) and first garrisoned by units of the U.S. 8th Infantry Regiment. Site located on the Bayou Pierre bluffs, about one-half mile below the railroad crossing on Bayou Pierre, and just under two miles above the town on the Red River. One source names the post as Fort on Bayou Pierre Bluffs. Units of the U.S. 1st Infantry were posted here in July 1819, as was a company of the 3rd Battalion of Artillery, but they all soon left for Camp Ripley (August 1819), leaving only a sergeants guard to safeguard public property. Detachments from Camp Ripley were sent here periodically throughout the remainder of 1819 and into 1820. Several companies of the U.S. 7th Infantry arrived here in November 1820 to fully regarrison the post. This post was the headquarters of the Western Department of the U.S. Army in 1821-22 under Major General Edmund Gaines. The garrison was moved to Cantonment Jesup in April 1822, after the international boundary with Mexico (Texas) was officially re-aligned. State marker located on LA State Highway 6 at Parish Road 429.

Grande Écore Battery
(USACE - Grande Ecore Visitor Center)
(1863 - 1865), Grande Écore
A temporary CSA two-gun heavy battery was located here, from the spring of 1863 until abandoned in September 1863, to prevent Union gunboats from ascending the Red River to Shreveport. Also known as Fort DeRussy (2). Occupied by U.S. Navy sailors during the 1864 Red River Campaign (April 1864). Re-occupied by Confederates sometime after that, until June 1865. Union troops (21st Iowa Infantry and 16th Missouri Cavalry) occupied the post in June 1865, which had 11 various Confederate guns emplaced, and ten other various Confederate guns that had been surrendered there. Numerous Union and Confederate earthworks and rifle pits still exist in the area. Site maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Visitor Center located at 106 Tauzin Island Road.

Camp Salubrity
(1844 - 1845, 1863 - 1865), near Natchitoches
A temporary Federal (U.S. 4th Infantry Regiment, eight companies) tent camp located about two and one-half miles north-northwest of town, due north of the eastern arm of Sibley Lake, in preparation for the Mexican-American War and entry into Texas. Established in May 1844, closed in July 1845. Several hutments were being built at the time of closure. State marker located on LA Highway 6 at Breazeale Springs Street.

During the Civil War the 3rd Louisiana Infantry Regiment was here in November 1863. A parole camp for Company G, 26th Louisiana Infantry Regiment was here from May-June 1864. Confederate troops were also here again in May 1865.

Camp Polk (2)
(1863), near Hyams (?), Natchitoches Parish
A temporary Confederate (Morgan's Battalion Texas Cavalry) camp (July 1863) located about three miles south of Campti.

Fort Charles
(Beau Fort Plantation)
(1710's ?), Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish
The present Prudhomme (aka Beau Fort) Plantation house was built between 1790 to 1821, supposedly on the site of an old French fort, according to local tradition. An old cistern on the grounds is allegedly from the fort. Probably named in reference to Capt. Claude Charles du Tisné, who helped build the first Fort St. Jean Baptiste in 1717 and was its first commandant for two years. Located east of Natchez on the Cane River, now a local bed & breakfast establishment at 4055 State Highway 494. Private property, no public tours.

Fort at Bon Dieu Falls
(1712 ?), near Montgomery, Grant Parish
A French fort or trade post on the Red River at Rigolette de Bon Dieu (Bon Dieu Creek), built by Jean Baptiste Depres Dion Derbonne, was supposedly located here, according to local history.

Fort Coutier
(1790's ?), near Wheeling (?), Winn Parish
A Spanish post was said to have been located in the Coochie Brake region along Nantachie Creek, sometime before 1800.

Monett's Bluff Breastworks
(1864), near Chopin, Natchitoches Parish
Union and Confederate breastworks, rifle pits, and artillery fieldworks were built on both sides (but mostly on the south side) of the Cane River at Monett's Ferry, about six or seven miles west of the Red River, about where present-day LA Highway 1 crosses. The Battle of Monett's Bluff/Ferry (or Cane River Crossing) occurred here in April 1864 during the Union Army's retreat south from Natchitoches during the failed Red River Campaign.

NEED MORE INFO: The following posts with unknown locations are likely located in Northwestern or West Central Louisiana:

Camp Bayou Delack (March 1864), camp of 11th Regiment of Texas Infantry in west central Louisiana.
Fort at Gouet (or Grouet) de Chitan (1804), a Spanish outpost (12 men) at a small village (population 200) located 10 Spanish leagues (about 30-34 miles) (direction ?) from Natchitoches.
Post on Kernissey River (October 1819 - March 1820 ?), 56 men under Capt. Robert L. Coombs, US 1st Infantry Regiment, ordered to remove unlawful settlers. Also spelled Keameny, or Kumesky. Possibly located in western Louisiana, or in Arkansas (?). This appears to be the same as Post on Red River (3) (1819), with the same men and captain, during the same time-frame. The location is unknown.
Camp Morville (September 1863), 2nd Louisiana Cavalry Regiment.

The following posts with unknown locations may be located in any part of the state, including Southern and Eastern Louisiana, or possibly in another state altogether:
Camp Bluff Springs (1860's), Confederate Texas troops.
Camp Riley (1860's), Confederate Texas troops.
Camp Sheco (1860's), Confederate Texas troops.

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