Natchitoches, Louisiana Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Civil War=== During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], Natchitoches was set on fire by Union soldiers who retreated through the town after their failed attempt to capture [[Shreveport, Louisiana|Shreveport]]. [[Confederate cavalry]] pursued the fleeing soldiers and arrived in time to help extinguish the flames before the town was destroyed. [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]] was destroyed by Union troops in 1864, but both Union and Confederate troops were responsible for severely damaging plantations along the river during the war, including Magnolia and Oakland. Radford Blunt published the ''Natchitoches Republican''. He was also a candidate for the state legislature. William H. Tunnard edited the paper.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HUdVpRBKPjgC&q=%22radford+blunt%22|title = Geo. P. Rowell and Co.'s American Newspaper Directory|year = 1874}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page