Battle of Plains Store
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The Battle of Plains Store was fought on May 21, 1863, in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, during the campaign to capture Port Hudson in the American Civil War. Union troops advancing from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, clashed with 600 Confederates at a road junction. The initial Confederate force withdrew, but 400 more Confederates arrived from Port Hudson. Some of the Confederate reinforcement overran Union artillery and routed a Union regiment, but were unable to capture the guns. Union reinforcements advanced to the front, attacked part of the Confederate force and drove them from the field. The Confederates withdrew to Port Hudson, which was almost entirely surrounded by Union troops the next day. Port Hudson was under siege until the defenders surrendered on July 9.
1863
Wikidata
United States,
USS Kidd,
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Location: 30.69, -91.206, KML, Cluster Map, Maps,
7 places
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
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| event | armed conflict | 1779 | Battle of Baton Rouge | West Florida, Spanish Empire, Kingdom of Great Britain, battle, Louisiana | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1862 | Battle of Baton Rouge | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1863 | Battle of Plains Store | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1863 | Siege of Port Hudson | battle, siege | Wikidata |
| object | watercraft | USS Sumter | steamship | Wikidata | |
| site | fort | 1779 | Fort New Richmond | fort | Wikidata |
| site | museum | 1943 | USS Kidd | preserved watercraft, museum ship, destroyer, United States Navy | Wikidata |
| site | shipwreck | 1862 | CSS Arkansas | Arkansas-class ironclad, shipwreck, ironclad warship | Wikidata |