Government, Politics & Law
Battle of Baton Rouge (1862)
Union and Confederate troops fought to secure the strategic town on the Mississippi River.
confederacy
confederacy Index
Government, Politics & Law
Civil War Louisiana
Louisiana seceded from the Union, sent thousands of Confederate soldiers out of state, witnessed occupation, and saw the emancipation of more than 300,000 enslaved people.
7.13 d.-f. Civil War Louisiana
The years between 1861 and 1865 were the most tumultuous five-year span in Louisiana history.
History
Confederate Louisiana
As a member of the Confederate States of America, Louisiana provided soldiers who fought outside the state.
History
Confederate Monument Removal
People have long advocated for the removal of monuments to the Confederacy and white supremacy. State and local governments have removed hundreds of monuments in recent years.
Government, Politics & Law
Judah P. Benjamin
Judah P. Benjamin was one of the nineteenth-century South’s most prominent attorneys and statesmen.
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