Battle of Baton Rouge (1862)
| Battle of Baton Rouge | |||||||
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| Part of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War | |||||||
Harper's Weekly, September 6, 1862 edition | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| United States | Confederate States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Thomas R. Williams † Thomas W. Cahill David D. Porter |
John C. Breckinridge Charles Clark (POW) Daniel Ruggles Charles W. Read | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 2,500 | 2,600 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 383 (84 killed, 266 wounded, 33 missing) | 453 (95 killed, 302 wounded, 56 missing) | ||||||
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.