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Civil War Baton Rouge, Port Hudson and Bayou Sara : capturing the Mississippi
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- Creator
- Dennis J. Dufrene
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Charleston : The History Press, 2012
- Physical Details
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- 128 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781609493516, 1609493516
- OCLC
- ocn772774148
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 121-124) and index.
- Louisiana secedes -- The Union plan for the Mississippi River -- The Union blockade -- The Battle of Head of Passes -- Forts Jackson and St. Philip -- The fall of New Orleans and the scuttling of the USS Barataria -- Baton Rouge's first brush with blue and troops on the move -- Skirmish on the Amite River and the First Battle of Donaldsonville -- The rebels' plan to take back Baton Rouge and the federals dig in their heels -- Breckinridge's march -- The Confederates open the ball in Baton Rouge -- The fall of the CSS Arkansas -- Bayou Sara -- The USS Essex arrives at Port Hudson -- The Battle of Labadieville -- A union soldier's Masonic burial in Bayou Sara -- Siege of Port Hudson -- The Battle of Plains Store -- The Battle at Jackson Crossroads -- The Second Battle of Donaldsonville -- The Skirmish at Springfield Landing -- The Confederate surrender of Port Hudson -- The Battle of Kock's Plantation -- The Corp d'Afrique and the Battle at Centenary College -- Spring 1863 -- The yankees go west
Subjects
- Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
- Mississippi River Valley -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
- Baton Rouge (La.) -- History -- Siege, 1862.
- Port Hudson (La.) -- History -- Siege, 1863.
- Bayou Sara (La.) -- History, Military -- 19th century.