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has gloss | eng: Winter Quarters in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States, is a surviving example of an Antebellum cotton plantation. It is located on Lake St. Joseph, a former bend in the Mississippi River. The main plantation home of the site began as a hunting lodge in 1805 but was soon enlarged and became a residence. Before the Vicksburg Campaign of 1863 during the Civil War, there were 15 plantations along Lake St. Joseph. However, Union troops destroyed all of them except for the Winter Quarters property. Winter Quarters was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. |
lexicalization | eng: Winter Quarters State Historic Site |
instance of | c/Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana |
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