Baton Rouge Arsenal
Arsenal, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
- Side
- Confederate
- Kind
- Arsenal
- Where
- Baton Rouge, Louisiana
- Years
- 1861-1862
- Today
- Built over
BATON ROUGE ARSENAL
Louisiana seized the barracks and arsenal in January 1861 and turned the arsenal over to the Confederacy. The Confederates evacuated Baton Rouge when New Orleans fell in April 1862, and Union troops reoccupied the complex in May 1862.
Then
Louisiana seized the barracks and arsenal in January 1861 and turned the arsenal over to the Confederacy.
The Confederates evacuated Baton Rouge when New Orleans fell in April 1862, and Union troops reoccupied the complex in May 1862.
Now
Built over
The Pentagon Barracks stand on the state capitol grounds and house the lieutenant governor's offices and apartments for legislators.
Track in service today runs beside the site, on a line owned by CN.
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