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Detail of the Breckenridge monument: "Erected
in honor of General Breckinridge and the 2,200 Confederate heroes of
Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, whose first
advance during the Battle of Baton Rouge August 5, 1862 was down this
road. Erected by U.D.C. 1931" |
(8-2007)
Looking south along Union lines, across the street from Magnolia
Cemetery |
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(3-1994) Magnolia Cemetery, northeast view.
Site Marker: In 1852 the town of Baton Rouge bought this property
for a cemetery. On these grounds August 5, 1862, the major action of the
Battle of Baton Rouge took place. Louisiana novelist Lyle Saxon is among
prominent Louisianans buried here |
(8-2007)
Grave of Andrew Lytle, local photographer who took many photos of
the town of Baton Rouge during the Union occupation (including Ryerson's
Raiders), Magnolia Cemetery |
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Memorial to Confederates killed in the Battle of Baton Rouge, Magnolia
Cemetery. "To the Confederate Soldiers killed in the
Battle of Baton Rouge, Aug 5, 1862 |
(8-2007)
Detail of Confederate Memorial |
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