Calcasieu Pass, LA
May 6, 1864
Calcasieu Pass, next to the wharf.
Photo & caption by Dave Comeau, October 1997
State historical marker at the site:
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Battle
of Calcasieu Pass
On
May 6, 1864 Confederate troops attacked and captured the Union gunboats Wave
and Granite City here.
This was the only Civil War action in S.W. Louisiana.
Many of the dead were buried on Monkey Island.
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