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Antebellum Louisiana was a leading slave state, where by 1860, 47% of the population was enslaved. Louisiana seceded from the Union on January 26, 1861, joining the Confederate States of America. New Orleans, the largest city in the entire South at the time, and strategically important port city, was taken by Union troops on April 25, 1862.
On January 8, 1861, Louisiana Governor Thomas Overton Moore ordered the Louisiana militia to occupy the U.S. arsenal at Baton Rouge and the U.S. forts guarding New Orleans, Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip. A wealthy planter and slave holder, Moore acted aggressively to engineer the secession of Louisiana from the Union by a convention on ...
1811 – Largest slave revolt in American history occurs nearby, with Orleans Parish involved in its aftermath. 1812. April – Louisiana becomes a state, with New Orleans as its first capital. August – 1812 Louisiana hurricane. 1813 – The Presbytere built. 1815. January – Battle of New Orleans.
Friday, August 26, 2005. At 1:00 AM EDT, maximum sustained winds had decreased to 70 mph (110 km/h) and Katrina was downgraded to a tropical storm. At 5:00 AM EDT, the eye of Hurricane Katrina was located just offshore of southwestern Florida over the Gulf of Mexico about 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of Key West, Florida.
Lewis and Clark travel to St. Louis by canoe to attend a dinner and ball. [36][37] May 14. The Corps of Discovery departs Camp Dubois under Clark's command, its crew more than 40 strong. [38][39][40] May 16. They reach St. Charles on the Missouri River to await Lewis's return from St. Louis. [41][42] May 17.
1805 – Spanish Town, first residential area, is established. 1806 – Beauregard Town, second neighborhood, is established. 1810 – Baton Rouge becomes part of the Republic of West Florida in September, [2] but by December the republic is annexed by the U.S. into the Territory of Orleans, which in 1812 becomes the state of Louisiana. 1817 ...
Painting is on display in the Cabildo Museum. The history of New Orleans, Louisiana traces the city's development from its founding by the French in 1718 through its period of Spanish control, then briefly back to French rule before being acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. During the War of 1812, the last major ...
Map depicting Louisiana and approaches to New Orleans as depicted during the occupation of New Orleans [1] Approaches to New Orleans, Department of the Gulf Map Number 5, February 14, 1863 [2] The capture of New Orleans (April 25 – May 1, 1862) during the American Civil War was a turning point in the war that precipitated the capture of the ...