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    Baton Rouge National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in East Baton Rouge Parish, in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It encompasses...
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    Baton Rouge (/ˌbætən ˈruːʒ/ BAT-ən ROOZH; French: Baton Rouge or Bâton-Rouge, pronounced [bɑtɔ̃ ʁuʒ]; Louisiana Creole: Batonrouj) is the capital city...
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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...
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    Magnolia Cemetery is a 10-acre (4.0 ha) cemetery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The cemetery is located at 422 North 19th Street and is bordered on the north...
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  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA. 1721 – Fort established by French. 1763 – Period of British West Florida begins. 1779 – September: Battle of Baton Rouge...
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  • Haynesville Baton Rouge National Cemetery, Baton Rouge; NRHP-listed Magnolia Cemetery, Baton Rouge; NRHP-listed Port Hudson National Cemetery, Port Hudson; NRHP-listed...
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    The United States National Cemetery System is a system of 164 cemeteries in the United States and its territories. The authority to create military burial...
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    National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in Port Hudson, 20 miles (32 km) north of the city of Baton Rouge in East Baton Rouge Parish...
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    Port Allen, Louisiana (category Cities in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana)
    River and Baton Rouge, the West Baton Rouge Museum, the City of Port Allen Railroad Depot, Scott's Cemetery, the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, and the Port...
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    Old Louisiana State Capitol (category National Register of Historic Places in Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    historic government building, and now a museum, at 100 North Boulevard in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. It housed the Louisiana State Legislature from the mid-19th...
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    This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. This is intended to be a complete list of the...
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    in 1824 and in 1828. He died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and is interred there in the Baton Rouge National Cemetery. Christina Chapple, "Commission planning...
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    a town in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,593 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Baton Rouge Metropolitan Statistical...
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  • Gus Young (activist) (category People from Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    in Baton Rouge is named for him. He is interred at the Gilbert Cemetery in Baton dub by descendants from his childhood and is a former military Rouge. Gus...
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    In 1909, Wilson created the "Massachusetts Monument" in the Baton Rouge National Cemetery. The commemorative monument on its grounds, was erected to honor...
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  • Troy H. Middleton (category Military personnel from Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    capacities. He resided in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, until his death in 1976 and was buried in Baton Rouge National Cemetery. The library at Louisiana State...
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  • Magnolia Cemetery (Baton Rouge, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana Magnolia Cemetery (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Magnolia Cemetery (Charleston, South...
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    Baker, Louisiana (category Cities in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana)
    is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, in East Baton Rouge Parish. It is part of the Baton Rouge metropolitan statistical area, and had a population...
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    Poplar Grove Plantation (Louisiana) (category National Register of Historic Places in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana)
    building, site and cemetery, the plantation is from the 1820s and the manor house was built in 1884, located in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana...
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  • The following cemeteries were added to the National Register of Historic Places as part of the Civil War Era National Cemeteries Multiple Property Submission...
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  • Port Hudson, Louisiana (category Unincorporated communities in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana)
    unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Baton Rouge, it is known primarily as...
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    Calvin Waller (category Military personnel from Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    lieutenant general. Waller was born to an African American family in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, on December 17, 1937. He graduated from Prairie View A&M...
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    85-mile (137 km) stretch of land along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, in the River Parishes of Louisiana, which contains over...
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    Ezra J. Warner (1964). Generals in Blue: Lives of the Union Commanders. Baton Rouge: LSU Press. p. 499. United States Congress. "Edgar Weeks (id: W000243)"...
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  • July 12, 2019) was an American community activist and founder of the Baton Rouge Odell S. Williams Now & Then Museum of African-American History in 2001...
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    Russell B. Long (category Politicians from Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
    Politics, Baton Rouge: Claitor's Publishing, 1991 Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Cemetery Memorial by La-Cemeteries A debunking...
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  • on March 2, 1868, on a farm in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, along the Amite River, 17 miles from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her parents were Jacob...
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    Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 0807126969. Poole, Robert M. (2010). On Hallowed Ground: The Story of Arlington National Cemetery...
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  • in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is interred beside his third wife at Port Vincent Community Cemetery (also known as Saint William Catholic Cemetery) in...
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    State – Biography Cemetery Memorial by La-Cemeteries Political Graveyard Henry Watkins Allen at Find a Grave – cenotaph, Baton Rouge Henry Watkins Allen...
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