Burning of the state house Baton Rouge
Summary
The Old Louisiana State Capitol burns on 28 December 1862, during the Union occupation of Baton Rouge.
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Date
1887
Source
From p. 609 of the 1887 book 'Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon “the Century War Series"', volume 3. Uploaded by the British Library to Flickr here. Cropped.
Copyright info
Public Domain, from the British Library's collections, 2013