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         (8-2007) 
        Detail of the Breckenridge monument: "Erected 
        in honor of General Breckinridge and the 2,200 Confederate heroes of 
        Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana, whose first 
        advance during the Battle of Baton Rouge August 5, 1862 was down this 
        road. Erected by U.D.C. 1931"  | 
      
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         Looking south along Union lines, across the street from Magnolia 
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        (3-1994) Magnolia Cemetery, northeast view. 
        Site Marker: In 1852 the town of Baton Rouge bought this property 
        for a cemetery. On these grounds August 5, 1862, the major action of the 
        Battle of Baton Rouge took place. Louisiana novelist Lyle Saxon is among 
        prominent Louisianans buried here  | 
      
         (8-2007) 
         Grave of Andrew Lytle, local photographer who took many photos of 
        the town of Baton Rouge during the Union occupation (including Ryerson's 
        Raiders), Magnolia Cemetery  | 
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         (8-2007)
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        Memorial to Confederates killed in the Battle of Baton Rouge, Magnolia 
        Cemetery. "To the Confederate Soldiers killed in the 
        Battle of Baton Rouge, Aug 5, 1862  | 
      
         
        (8-2007) 
        Detail of Confederate Memorial  | 
    
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