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Map of Donaldsonville I Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. The First Battle of Donaldsonville took place on August 9, 1862, in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, as part of the Operations against Baton Rouge in the American Civil War . A number of incidents of artillery firing on Union steamers passing up ...
Civil-War era New Orleans, the largest city in the South, was strategically important as a port city due to its southernmost location on the Mississippi River and its access to the Gulf of Mexico. The U.S. War Department early on planned for its capture. The city was taken by U.S. Army forces on April 25, 1862.
Battle of Baton Rouge (1862) / 30.4510; -91.1676. Cdre. David D. Porter. Map depicting Louisiana and approaches to New Orleans as depicted during the Civil War. [ 2] Map depicting Battle of Baton Rouge, August 5th 1862. [ 3] The Battle of Baton Rouge was a ground and naval battle in the American Civil War fought in East Baton Rouge Parish ...
Battle of Mansura. / 31.05500°N 92.04778°W / 31.05500; -92.04778. The Battle of Mansura was fought near Mansura, Louisiana, on May 16, 1864, during the Red River Campaign of the American Civil War. A Union force defeated elements of the Confederate States Army.
The Battle of Kock’s Plantation (also spelled Cox’s Plantation and Saint Emma Plantation) was fought July 12–13, 1863, in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, during the American Civil War. [2] [3] It was part of a campaign entitled "Taylor's Operations in West Louisiana (1863)." The Confederate States Army victory left them in control of much of ...
22 killed, 103 wounded. The Battle of Bayou Bourbeux also known as the Battle of Grand Coteau, Battle of Boggy Creek [1] or the Battle of Carrion Crow Bayou (Carencro is the Cajun French word for buzzard), which is present day Carencro Bayou, was fought in southwestern Louisiana west of the town of Grand Coteau, during the American Civil War ...
unknown. The Battle of Vermilion Bayou or Battle of Pinhook Bridge [2] was fought on April 17, 1863, [3] [4] the third battle in a series of running battles between Union Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks and Confederate Major General Richard Taylor. The battle was fought after both the Battle of Fort Bisland and the Battle of Irish Bend.
“H.B. 71 is not neutral with respect to religion,” according to the legal complaint filed June 24 by Louisiana clergy, public school parents and civil liberties groups.