This book details the family names of Mansura, Louisiana. Many French citizens migrated to Mansura in 1800s, and established large families. Some names include Brou, Coco, Durand, Drouin, Fontaine, Escude, Hildenbrand, Ingouf, Joffrion, Juneau, Laborde, Lemoine, Monin, Normand, Poret, Porterie, Regard, Roy, Saucier, Siess, and St. Romain.

The Mansura French and other families: Vol II of the Mansura Sesquientennial Series 1860-2010: The people of Mansura and the Ward Three communities ... Bridge (Mansura Sesquicentennial 1860-2010)

History

DeCuir Sr., Randy

Mayeux Jr., Carlos

Americas

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

First in a three part series about the History of the Village of Moreauville, Louisiana. Covers a general history of the town, founded in 1903, complete with many historic photographs.

Moreauville Centennial

<p>This is the story of the Confederate unit which served under brave young Captain Richard Boone who on his deathbed ordered his injured and severed leg to be put in a cannon and shot at the Yankees.Boone and his young brave men from Avoyelles Parish and the surrounding area suffered the ravages of war in some of the worst conditions of the Civil War.For three long years, they fought for what they believed in.Their suffering, and the sacrifices of their families back at home are now at least four, five or six generations removed.Yet the spirit of these men somehow transcends the century and a half as there is still reverent respect and proudness among today's generation.The path of Boone's Battery and a roster of its men, with available photos, make up the two sections of this book.On the final page is the list of those who did not return from the war.</p>

Shoot my leg at the Yankees: Avoyelles heroes at Port Hudson and beyond (Avoyelles Civil War Bicentennial Series)

<p>Louisiana Civil War historian and author Art Bergeron called Staffords Guards "One of the most distinguished Louisiana units in the war." The group of central Louisiana men was almost totally destroyed in its path of some of the harshest battles of the Civil War. The Guards were named after its commander and cofounder, Leroy Augustus Stafford of Bayou Bouef. He led the men three years before he gave his own life in battle. Commanders of Stafford Guards Leroy A. Stafford, promoted to Colonel April 24, 1862 W. T. Cummings, killed May 4, 1863 at Battle of Salem Church, 2nd Fredericksburg A. C. Bringhurst, died Nov. 29, 1863 J. D. Workman, killed Sept. 22, 1864 at Battle of Fisher's Hill. The regiment was organized at Camp Moore on July 6, 1861, with 949 men.  Proceeding to Virginia, the regiment arrived at Manassas too late on July 21 to participate in the battle fought there.  However, the Guards were to go on an participate in 12 major battles. Stafford's Guards participated at: • Valley Campaign, Spring 1862 • Peninsula Campaign, March-July, 1862 • Second Battle of Manassas, August 28-30, 1862 • Battle of Antietam, September 16-18, 1862 • Battle of Fredericksburg • Second Battle of Fredericksburg, Dec. 13, 1862 • Battle of Gettysburg, July 1863 • Battle of Rappahannock Station • Battle of the Wilderness Stafford killed here, May 5 • Battle of Spotsylvania, May 12. • Shenandoah Valley battles summer and fall • Petersburg, December, 1864 to April 2, 1865. </p>

Stafford Guard: Braves of the Bayou: The story of the distinguished Avoyelles and Rapides men of Company B of the 9th Louisiana Infantry

A detailed and well illustrated of the communities of Ward 11 of Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana. These communities were built along the rich agricultural soils of Bayou des Glaises where plantations thrived before the Civil War and where farming is still the main economy. Hundreds of historic photos and histories of the communities of Long Bridge, Hamburg, Voorhies, Lemoine Lane, Borodino, and Tilden. Actual rare never before published images of the over 1000 foot long wooden bridge which gave the Long Bridge community its name.

Bayou des Glaises & Ward 11 of Avoyelles: Long Bridge, Borodino, Lemoine's Lane, Voorhies and Hamburg (Moreauville Centennial)