V. W. Sargent Place Names
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Memoirs and Letters of V. W. Sargent,
Place Names

Transcribed and Contributed by Tom Busby
Great Great Grandson of V. W. Sargent

ALEXANDRIA, LA-- (Red River Campaign)

BUENA VISTA CO., IA

CAIRO, ILL

CALIFORNIA

CHATTANOOGA, TN

DAUPHIN ISLAND, ALABAMA.

DAVENPORT, IOWA

FORT BLAKELEY, ALABAMA

FORT DERUSSEY, LOUISIANA (Red River Campaign)

FORT DODGE, IOWA

GRAND ECORE, LOUISIANA-- (Red River Campaign) This place was spelled incorrectly in several V. W. Sargent documents as Brandyco, Grandycore.

HELENA, ARK.

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI

JEFFERSON BARRACKS, MISSOURI

MERIDIAN, MS

MOBILE BAY, AL

MOSCOW, TENNESSEE

NATCHITOCHES, LOUISIANA (Red River Campaign)

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA

PLEASANT HILL, LOUISIANA (Red River Campaign)

PRAIRIE DU CHIEN, WISCONSIN

SELMA, ALABAMA

SPANISH FORT, ALABAMA

TYLER, TEXAS

WEBSTER CO., IA

VICKSBURG, MISSISSIPPI

YANKEE SETTLEMENT, IOWA -- Yankee Settlement, IA is now called Edgewood. It is almost on the Clayton/Delaware county line, but the town is in Clayton Co. so he must have lived south of town

YELLOW BAYOU, LOUISIANA (Red River Campaign)