Louisiane Acadien

Battles fought in the South Louisiane Acadian Region
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Note: Click on Each Battle to open it's description entry on "Wikipedia"

3) August 5, 1862 -
Battle of Baton Rouge / Magnolia Cemetery
(East Baton Rouge Parish, LA)

		A line engraving of the battle published in Harper's Weekly, 1862 Click here for a full size image
Magnolia Cemetarty Marker Click here for a full size image
		Union Camp near Magnolia Cemetery in Baton Rouge 1862 - Note the Old State Capitol Building (before it's December, 1863 burning) in the background Click here for a full size image

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		Confederate Memorial Click here for a full size image
Line of CSA Army Graves at the Confederate Memorial Click here for a full size image
Union Army of Massachusetts Memorial at the National Federal Cemetery across Florida Blvd (Site of the first Union Burials after the battle) Click here for a full size image
	Organizations of the Army of Massachusetts that fought in the Department of the Gulf at the Federal Memorial at the National Federal Cemetery Click here for a full size image

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4) August 9, 1862 -
Donaldsonville Naval Engagement

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5) October 27, 1862 -
Battle of Georgia Landing / Labadieville / Texana
(Labadieville, Bayou Lafourche, LA)

For the Official Union and Confederate Records regarding the Battle of Georgia Landing click this link to open the text file: Georgia Landing Official War Records - The War of Rebellion Volume XV pg 158-180

		Georgia Plantation (Landing) Sign Click here for a full size image
Georgia Plantation (Landing) Sign Click here for a full size image
		Portion of the battlefield at Georgia Plantation (Landing) Click here for a full size image

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6) April 12-13, 1863 -
Battle of Fort Bisland / Bethel Place
(Patterson / Calumet, LA)

Fort Bisland Waymarker Click here for a full size image

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7) April 14, 1863 -
Battle of Irish Bend / Nerson's Woods
(Franklin, LA)

		Battle of Irish Bend Waymarker Click here for a full size image
Confederate Memorial at Irish Bend Site: Court House, Franklin, LA Click here for a full size image
		Gunship Diana Waymarker Click here for a full size image

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8) April 17, 1863 -
Battle of Vermillion Bayou

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9) May 21, 1863 -
Battle of Plains Store / Springfield Road

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10) May 23-July 9, 1863 -
Battle of Port Hudson
(Port Hudson, LA)

The longest Civil War Battle was fought at Port Hudson, Louisiana: May 21, 1863 to July 9, 1863

In cooperation with Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s offensive against Vicksburg, Union Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks’s army moved against the Confederate stronghold at Port Hudson on the Mississippi River. On May 27, after their frontal assaults were repulsed, the Federals settled into a siege which lasted for 48 days. Banks renewed his assaults on June 14 but the defenders successfully repelled them. On July 9, 1863, after hearing of the fall of Vicksburg, the Confederate garrison of Port Hudson surrendered, opening the Mississippi River to Union navigation from its source to New Orleans.

The site of the Siege of Port Hudson is a protected Louisiana Historic Battlefield site.

Click here to visit:

Port Hudson State Historic Site - official site at Louisiana Department of Culture Recreation And Tourism

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11) June 7, 1863 -
Battle of Milliken's Bend

A line engraving of the battle published in Harper's Weekly Click here for a full size image

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sources:

U.S. War Department War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies 130 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1880-1901

U.S. Navy Department War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies 30 vols.; Washington, D.C., 1894-1922

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