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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKS_pickney-benton-stewart-pinchback_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
In memory of P.B.S. Pinchback, the first African American governor in U.S.history. Pinchback, Governor of Louisiana from Dec. 9, 1872 to Jan. 13, 1873, was born free on May 10, 1837. He was a Union Army Officer during the Civil War. In 1868, Pinch…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKK_scotts-bluff_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This bluff is believed to have been named for Dr. William Bernard Scott, who bought the property from Lelia Skipwith in 1839. She was the daughter of Fulwar Skipwith, governor of the 1810 West Florida republic and widow of Thomas Bolling Robertson…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LKJ_southern-university_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
This institution was established in 1880 under an 1879 constitutional mandate to educate "persons of color". It was originally located in New Orleans, being one of the first colleges for blacks to receive Federal land scrip funds for agriculture a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1DV5_stewart-dougherty-house_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
Built about 1850 by Nathan King Knox and first occupied by the Stewart-Dougherty families, this house was used as a hospital by Union soldiers during the Civil War. It is an excellent example of Classical Revival architecture.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSWL_civil-war-battle-of-baton-rouge_Baton-Rouge-LA.html
On August 5, 1862, Confederate Divisions of Generals Charles C. Clark and Donald Ruggles under General John C. Breckinridge attacked Federal forces of General Thomas Williams among the tent camps of the 21st Indiana and 7th Vermont Regiments. Will…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRGF_uscgc-white-alder_Port-Allen-LA.html
Panel 1:USCGC WHITE ALDER/WLM-5417 December 1968
In memory and honorof those shipmates who loyally servedthe United States Coast Guardonboard the CGC WHITE ALDER.They gave they gave the ultimate sacrifice.
On December 7, 1968, the USCGC WHIT…