Government, Politics & Law
Battle of Baton Rouge
Union and Confederate troops fought to secure the strategic town on the Mississippi River.
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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.
Government, Politics & Law
Reconstruction
The post-Civil War period in US history is known as the Reconstruction era, when the former Confederacy brought back into the Union.
History
Unionist Troops in Louisiana
Five thousand to ten thousand white Louisianans fought for the Union during the Civil War.
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