It lies east of Braithwaite Manor near the southeast corner of Scarlett Meadows. The site is strewn with dilapidated breastworks, broken-down cannons, and various other debris from the battle. While the glade is marked on the players map, the point of interest is the cannons abandoned in the middle of the battlefield.
Ruined structures around the site suggest that some kind of settlement was located here. These structures include a dilapidated house and a ruined stone structure.
According to the Saint Denis Times, the engagement was known as the Battle of Scarlett Meadows and took place in 1864. Among the battle's Confederate leaders was General Quincy T. Harris, whom the newspaper describes as a courageous and heroic commander.
Notes[]
To the northwest near the road is a ruined house. Within its fireplace is the Cigarette Card for the Bloodhound.
To the northeast, near the road, is an artillery caisson leaning against a tree. In between the wheels is a lockbox. It contains Guarma Rum and express Rifle Cartridges.
The Landmarks Of Riches fourth map can be found inside the tree near a broken cannon.
Due east of the Glade lies an abandoned church. On the upper landing, which requires sprinting and jumping, is a bird's nest containing the Cigarette Card for the Steam Locomotive - 1814 - George Stephenson. Also on a wall on the upper landing is Aged Pirate Rum.
Beneath the collapsed wall in the church is a lockbox containing a large jewelry bag.
There are 2 lockboxes near the northern wall of the church, one containing $60 worth of bill folds and the second containing $10 and 2 platinum earrings.
To the south and slightly east along the shore of the Lannahechee River, where the road curves around the little water inlet, a wrecked boat can be found stuck perched up a dead tree. At the base of the tree on a box is Aged Pirate Rum.
Mainly to the east and southeast of the Glade, Night Scented Orchids can be gathered.
Trivia[]
There were more than twenty-five actual major battles fought in Louisiana during the Civil War. The Battle of Scarlett Meadows appears to be based primarily on the actual Red River Campaign, which was a series of Union army maneuvers directed into Louisiana during the spring of 1864. Confederate forces suffered heavy casualties but managed to repel the offensive.
The battlefield suggests that the battle was fought with trench warfare, similar to World War I. Late in the American Civil War, trench warfare became an increasingly common affair. While 1864 did see Union General William T. Sherman's "March to the Sea" across Georgia, the campaigns of Atlanta, Tennessee, and Northern Virginia were characterized by entrenched armies, siege warfare, and brutal frontal assaults on dug-in enemy positions.
On stormy nights, sounds of the battle can be heard that reveal what actually happened at the Battle of Scarlett Meadows, showing that General Harris forced his men to fight a losing battle then escaped secretly.[1] He fought the battle to disprove accusations of cowardice levied at him by other generals as mentioned in a letter found at Martha's Swain. The later glorification of Harris is accurate to how Lost Cause revisionism changed and ignored aspects of Confederate figures to depict them as heroes after the war. A tendency was to endow certain leaders with a sheen of infallibility while blaming their failures on subordinates. One such example is James Longstreet being faulted for the Confederate loss at the Battle of Gettysburg despite Robert E. Lee ordering the disastrous Pickett's Charge on the last and deciding day.
The in-game legend tells of a curious incident from 1842 involving the 66th Cavalry, led by Colonel Henry Bolt. While stationed at Fort Carson, they responded to a distress call from settlers under attack by bandits. However, as they rushed to help, the entire unit mysteriously disappeared into a hole. Local legend says that the sound of a hundred galloping horses at midnight haunts the town.
General Harris! General Harris, the Major requested an answer sir! General Harris, please sir!
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—Unknown
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General Harris, sir, is everything alright, sir?
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—Unknown
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The men, they must attack. Tell the Major the men must attack.
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—General Quincy Harris
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With all due respect, sir. Major was quite insistent, the weather is tempestuous. This rain isn't letting up. They need reinforcements to defend their position. Attacking is quite out of the question, it'll be pointless, sir.
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—Unknown
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My orders, sir, are quite clear. Tell the Major to attack or face a court martial.
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—General Harris
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Very good General.
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—Unknown
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Runner, I need a goddamn runner! Get me a goddamn runner! Take this note to Major Wilkinson. You're gonna attack at once. At once goddammit!
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—General Harris
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General Harris, sir! Major Wilkinson and his men have been annihilated.
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—Unknown
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Thank you soldier.
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—General Harris
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Major Smith is asking for permission to retreat to higher ground, sir.
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—Unknown
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Higher ground? Nonsense! He is to attack within the hour.
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—General Harris
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Yes sir! very good, general.
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—Unknown
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General, Major Smith and his men are dead.
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—Unknown
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All of them?
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—General Harris
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I believe so. It's hard to tell, sir. Captain Fisher is attempting to secure the farmhouse.
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—Unknown
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Captain Fisher, why are you not with your men?
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—General Harris
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My men are mostly dead, sir. The cannons, their artillery is destroying us, sir. We need to retreat immediately.
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—Captain Fisher
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I disagree. I need your men to hold their position. To the last man, if necessary. Is that clear?
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—General Harris
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Very clear, sir. Aye aye sir.
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—Captain Fisher
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Prepare my horse, soldier. We must escape before the Yankees cut off the roads.
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—General Harris
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Is this the general retreat, sir?
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—Unknown
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No! This is... This is... We must move my command post back significantly. No one is to retreat! Is that clear?
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—General Harris
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Yes sir!
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—Unknown
Gallery[]
Arthur's drawing: "Went to Scarlett Meadows, site of the famous battle in the war. All them young lives lost."
John's drawing: "Found the old battlefield from the war. Place made me real sad. All them young men dead, and all us idiots left alive."
