Home of General Richard Taylor, son of Zachary Taylor, Louisiana statesman and member of the 1861 Secession Convention. Commanded Louisiana District, 1862-64; defeated Banks at Battle of Mansfield, 1864. Federals plundered home in 1862.

Marker is at the intersection of River Road (State Highway 18) and Plantation Road, on the right when traveling west on River Road.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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