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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.
The Battle of Baton Rouge was a brief siege during the Anglo-Spanish War that was decided on September 21, 1779. Fort New Richmond (present-day Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was the second British outpost to fall to Spanish arms during Bernardo de Gálvez's march into West Florida.
Note 2] On 20 July, the regiment took part in the Battle of Peachtree Creek. [12] On 28 July, the 4th Louisiana Infantry Regiment fought at the Battle of Ezra Church. [12] S. D. Lee ordered an assault on the Union forces near Ezra Church, and when his first division's attack was repulsed, he issued orders for Clayton's division to charge.
Battle of Baton Rouge (1779), Spanish victory in the American Revolutionary War Battle of Baton Rouge (1862) , Union victory in the American Civil War Topics referred to by the same term
Company K left on furlough and never returned. The regiment fought at Baton Rouge before being assigned to garrison Port Hudson. On 4 March 1863, two companies were suppressed and their men reassigned to other companies, officially reducing the regiment to a 7-company unit named the 30th Louisiana Infantry Battalion. However, contemporary ...
Battle Date Battle of the Head of Passes: October 12, 1861: Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip: April 18, 1862: Capture of New Orleans: April 25, 1862: Battle of Baton Rouge: August 5, 1862: Battle of Donaldsonville I: August 9, 1862: Battle of Georgia Landing: October 27, 1862: Battle of Fort Bisland: April 12, 1863: Battle of Irish Bend ...
In August 1862, Confederate forces under the command of General John C. Breckinridge attacked the Union defenses of Baton Rouge in an effort to retake the state's capital. In the resulting engagement, the Battle of Baton Rouge , Williams was killed by a gunshot wound to his chest on August 5, 1862, while leading what proved to be the successful ...
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