Back نبرد باتون روژ Persian Bataille de Baton Rouge (1862) French Battaglia di Baton Rouge (1862) Italian バトンルージュの戦い (1862年) Japanese Slag bij Baton Rouge Dutch
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| Battle of Baton Rouge | |||||||
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| Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Battle_Baton_Rouge.jpg) Harper's Weekly, September 6, 1862 edition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States (Union) |
 Confederate States | ||||||
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Brig. Gen. Thomas R. Williams † Col. Thomas W. Cahill Cdre. David D. Porter |
Maj. Gen. John C. Breckinridge
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| Strength | |||||||
| 2,500 | 2,600 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 383 (84 killed, 266 wounded, 33 missing)[1] | 453 (95 killed, 302 wounded, 56 missing)[1] | ||||||
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USA_Louisiana_relief_location_map.svg)  Baton Rouge Location of Baton Rouge in Louisiana | |||||||
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The Battle of Baton Rouge was a ground and naval battle in the American Civil War fought in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on August 5, 1862. The Union victory halted Confederate attempts to recapture the capital city of Louisiana.[4]
- ^ a b Bearss, Edwin C. (1962). "The Battle of Baton Rouge". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 3 (2): 112. ISSN 0024-6816. JSTOR 4230653. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
- ^ ORN I, v. 18, p. 131.
- ^ Official Atlas, Plate XXIV.
- ^ "CWSAC Battle Summaries – Baton Rouge". American Battlefield Protection Program. U.S. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 28 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-09.