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Union Parish ( French: Paroisse de l'Union) is a parish located in the north central section of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 21,107. [1] The parish seat is Farmerville. [2] The parish was created on March 13, 1839, from a section of Ouachita Parish. Its boundaries have changed four times since then (in ...
Union, Louisiana. / 30.08722°N 90.90472°W / 30.08722; -90.90472. Union is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States. The community is located along Louisiana Highway 44 on the east bank of the Mississippi River .
Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where by 1860, 47% of the population was enslaved. Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America. New Orleans, the largest city in the entire South at the time, and strategically important port city, was taken by Union troops on April 25, 1862.
This is a list of regiments from the U.S. state of Louisiana that fought in the Union Army during the American Civil War (1861–1865). The list of Louisiana Confederate Civil War units is shown separately.
Enabling Act of 1802, authorizing residents of the eastern portion of the Northwest Territory to form the state of Ohio. Missouri Compromise, 1820 federal statute enabling the admission of Missouri (a slave state) and Maine (a free state) into the Union. Toledo War, 1835–36 boundary dispute between Ohio and the adjoining Michigan Territory ...
In 1838, Caddo Parish was created from Natchitoches, as were Madison and Caldwell parishes in the east. In 1839, Union Parish was formed from Ouachita, and Calcasieu was formed from St. Landry in 1840. Five parishes were created in 1843: Bossier, DeSoto, Franklin, Sabine, and Tensas.
Location of Union Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Union Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Union Parish, Louisiana, United States.
31st Infantry. Miles' Legion (sometimes called the 32nd Infantry) 33rd Infantry (short-lived merger of 10th and 12th Infantry Battalions) 1st (Dreux's/Rightor's) Battalion, Infantry. 1st (Wheat's) Special Battalion, Infantry (Louisiana Tigers) 3rd Battalion, Infantry (became the 15th Infantry) 4th Battalion, Infantry.