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  2. History of Louisiana - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana - Wikipedia

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    29°57′27″N 90°03′50″W  /  29.957449°N 90.063828°W  / 29.957449; -90.063828  (The Cabildo) Orleans. Late 18th-century building on Jackson Square; city hall from the colonial era through early 19th century; now one of the properties of the Louisiana State Museum. 3. George Washington Cable House.

  4. Louisiana in the American Civil War - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Louisiana State Museum - Wikipedia

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    Louisiana State Museum, The Presbytere. The Louisiana State Museum (LSM), founded in New Orleans in 1906, is a statewide system of National Historic Landmarks and modern structures across Louisiana, housing thousands of artifacts and works of art reflecting Louisiana's legacy of historic events and cultural diversity.

  6. Timeline of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. Louisiana Purchase - Wikipedia

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    The Louisiana Purchase (French: Vente de la Louisiane, lit. 'Sale of Louisiana') was the acquisition of the territory of Louisiana by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803. This consisted of most of the land in the Mississippi River's drainage basin west of the river. [1] In return for fifteen million dollars, [a] or ...

  8. History of New Orleans - Wikipedia

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    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 battle was the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

  9. List of Louisiana state historic sites - Wikipedia

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    This List of Louisiana state historic sites contains the 17 state historic sites governed by the Office of State Parks, a division of Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism in the U.S. state of Louisiana, as of 2011. State historic sites were formerly known as state commemorative areas until July 1, 1999 with the passing of ...

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