Hard Times Plantation

Hard Times was served by a packet boat as of 1854

Hard Times Plantation visible on "Map of the Mississippi, from Haines's Bluff to Below Grand Gulf, Showing the Theatre of Gen. Grant's and Admiral Farragut's Operations" (Harper's Weekly, May 23, 1863)

Location of Hard Times Plantation, mapped sometime between 1866 and 1874

Hard Times mapped sometime between 1866 and 1874, showing three buildings along the Mississippi River

The Hard Times Plantation is located in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, and was used as a staging area by the Union Army in the Vicksburg Campaign. ^{[1] [2]} At the time of the Vicksburg campaign, Hard Times was owned by Dr. Hollingsworth. ^[3]

See also

• Disharoon's plantation
• Winter Quarters State Historic Site

Citations

1. Greene, 1882, p. 116.
2. "Hard Times Landing". Hanna Newspapers. 2014-07-23. Retrieved 2024-08-01.
3. "Apr 28, 1993, page 32 - Tensas gazette at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2024-08-14.

References

• Greene, Francis Vinton. The Mississippi. Campaigns of the Civil War - VIII. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. Reprinted by Digital Scanning Inc. (August 16, 2004) ISBN   978-1-58218-534-7.

External links

• Hard Times Plantation ^{[ dead link ]}, National Park Service website

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