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The Battle of Baton Rouge was a ground and naval battle in the American Civil War fought in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on August 5, 1862. The Union victory halted Confederate attempts to recapture the capital city of Louisiana.
Many of Lytle's civil war era works are preserved in the 'Andrew D. Lytle's Baton Rouge' Photograph Collection [103] at Louisiana State University. Lytle's studio was so successful during the civil war that he was able to buy property with buildings near the Louisiana Governor's Mansion, which became the Lytle family home for the next sixty years.
Confederate veteran Major Eugene Wythe Baylor of Co. C, 1st Louisiana Heavy Artillery Regiment and Quartermaster's Dept. Confederate States Infantry Regiment. From the Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photographs, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress. 1st Regiment Heavy Artillery; 2nd Battalion Heavy Artillery
After seeing "limited action" at the Battle of Cross Keys on 8 June, the regiment was in the thick of the action at the Battle of Port Republic the following day. [1] As Taylor's brigade moved into action, the 7th Louisiana was detached and the 8th Louisiana was the brigade's leading unit. [ 7 ]
The 10th Louisiana fought in many engagements of the Army of the Northern Virginia from the Battle of Williamsburg to the Battle of Cold Harbor.At the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863, the regiment was part of the brigade of Col. Jesse Williams and participated in a series of unsuccessful attacks on Union entrenchments on Culp's Hill.
"Louisiana Tigers" was the nickname of several infantry units of the Confederate States Army from Louisiana during the American Civil War. Originally applied to a specific company , the nickname expanded to a battalion , then to a brigade , and eventually to all Louisianan troops in the Army of Northern Virginia .
Historical battles fought in and around the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana include: Battle of Baton Rouge (1779), Spanish victory in the American Revolutionary War; Battle of Baton Rouge (1862), Union victory in the American Civil War
The 6th Louisiana Infantry Regiment served in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.It was part of the Louisiana Tigers.Formed in June 1861 at Camp Moore, it fought in Jackson's Valley campaign, the Battle of Gaines Mill, the Second Battle of Bull Run and its related actions, and the Battle of Antietam in 1862.