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Civil War Battle
Park Blvd., Baton Rouge,
LA,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
30° 26' 34.7388",
-91° 10' 8.4612"
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Colonel Henry Watkins Allen, later governor of Confederate Louisiana, was severely wounded near here in the Battle Of Baton Rouge, August 5, 1862. He fell while leading his Louisiana brigade against the Indiana battery in position on Government near Seventeenth Street. The battery was supported by units of the 6th Michigan Regiment, part of the Union forces then holding the city.
Last updated: 4/7/2016 14:30 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy
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