Monroe, Louisiana
Courtesy of Joe White, Gainesville, TX![]() ![]() |
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(February 2011)
Ouachita River at Monroe, view looking north from I-20
Bridge. Monroe saw action in the form of two skirmishes in 1863 and the
parish courthouse was destroyed by a Union gunboat which traversed the
Ouachita River during the siege of Vicksburg. |
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