Battle of Carrion Crow Bayou
140th Anniversary Re-enactment
October 10 – 12, 2003

Courtesy of Kristine Nations. The reenactment was staged on the grounds of the Chretien Point Plantation, the actual site of the October 15, 1863 battle.

Kristine Nations, Owner
Chretien Point Plantation, LLC
665 Chretien Point Rd
Sunset, LA 70584
Phone (337) 662-7050
Fax (337) 662-6751
chretienpoint.com
 
Links:
1. ChretienPoint.com
2. Battle of Carrion Crow, Bayou, November 1863 :: Gathering the Jewels
3. 9th Texas Infantry - Red River Battalion - Reenacting Group
4. Civil War Battles for the Year 1863
      
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Chretien Point Plantation
 
On October 15, 1863 an engagement between troops of America's fractured North and South was fought on the plantation's grounds. Union forces occupied the lower floor of the Chretien mansion and set up camp on the lawn. Still today, a bullet hole remains in one of the front doors chretienpoint.com

Union soldiers
     

Union soldiers. Courtesy of Daily Advertiser, sent by Kristine Nations, Owner Chretien Point Plantation, LLC

Union soldiers

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