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Any info on the old cemeteries on Florida Blvd.?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:08 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:08 pm
I passed by those two old cemeteries a few days ago for the first time in a while. They've always seemed impressive and mysterious to me.
Any local history buffs on here know any of the history or lore of them? One side the street seems to be maybe a military cemetery and the other side seems very old.
Any local history buffs on here know any of the history or lore of them? One side the street seems to be maybe a military cemetery and the other side seems very old.
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Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:09 pm to Methuselah
What’s to know?
They are old cemeteries and I think one may be associated with that Catholic Church nearby.
They are old cemeteries and I think one may be associated with that Catholic Church nearby.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 6:10 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:11 pm to Methuselah
Site of Battle of Baton Rouge in civil war.. Confederates tried to take back city from Union. Not successful. Many died. Google it, pretty interesting.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:11 pm to Methuselah
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:13 pm to Methuselah
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Methuselah
Seems like you would know.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:13 pm to kjntgr
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Site of Battle of Baton Rouge in civil war.. Confederates tried to take back city from Union. Not successful
Didn’t know it was right there. Very cool to know. Thx
Troy Middleton is buried there according to wiki.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 6:15 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:16 pm to cypresstiger
Thanks for the info (you too kjntgr). Thats pretty cool stuff.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:24 pm to kjntgr
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Site of Battle of Baton Rouge in civil war
The battle was spread out over the city. Magnolia Cemetery is where the most intense fighting occurred.
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:27 pm to Methuselah
I heard Buckskin Bill is buried there.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:35 pm to Sayre
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The battle was spread out over the city. Magnolia Cemetery is where the most intense fighting occurred.
Old maps are so interesting to look at to see what used to be. The fact that there was a bayou that entered the Mississippi just north of where the state capitol was dammed and formed Capitol Lake. The confluence with the Mississippi is still viewable by Hollywood Casino.
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This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 7:52 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:36 pm to Methuselah
I want to remember those cemeteries hosting some kind of Halloween history event where local actors would represent the interred "rising out of their graves" to tell their individual stories.
Still going on?
Still going on?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 6:40 pm to cypresstiger
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Wiki
quote:shut down the WALL
In 1878 two men, Michael and Bernard Jodd, were hired to build a brick wall around the cemetery, which was previously enclosed by a picket fence, but before it was completed, both men contracted yellow fever and died in September 1878. They were interred in the cemetery and the wall was completed by local laborers.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:36 pm to Sayre
Love these old maps. Check out the map, south of Royal Square on South Boulevard. Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum. What must that have been like in 1865?
This post was edited on 1/3/19 at 7:37 pm
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:36 pm to Methuselah
The military cemetery on the south side of Florida Blvd. had wreaths on every grave for Christmas. Very beautiful to see
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:42 pm to tossedoff
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Old maps are so interesting to look at to see what used to be.
I wonder which was nicer, the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Asylum, or the Orphan Asylum?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:51 pm to Spock's Eyebrow
Any idea what buildings are on those sites now?
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:52 pm to Methuselah
The cemetery on the north side of Florida is called Magnolia Cemetery. The area was already a cemetery during the Battle of Baton Rouge. BREC maintains it now.
The Military Cemetery on the south side of Florida is also the final resting place of Louisiana and American hero the great Philemon Thomas.
There are 3 other old cemeteries a few blocks from there as well. The old Catholic Cemetery between Main and North St., the Jewish Cemetery on North St., and Sweet Olive (old black cemetery) on 22nd and North Blvd.
The Military Cemetery on the south side of Florida is also the final resting place of Louisiana and American hero the great Philemon Thomas.
There are 3 other old cemeteries a few blocks from there as well. The old Catholic Cemetery between Main and North St., the Jewish Cemetery on North St., and Sweet Olive (old black cemetery) on 22nd and North Blvd.
Posted on 1/3/19 at 7:53 pm to Sayre
I remember as a kid ('79 or '80) going with a friend and his dad to a demoed building downtown and digging for civil war artifacts. i found an old flint
Posted on 1/3/19 at 8:31 pm to kjntgr
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Site of Battle of Baton Rouge in civil war.. Confederates tried to take back city from Union. Not successful. Many died. Google it, pretty interesting.
Factually incorrect and very ignorant on your part. I’m surprised by you.
The battle of Baton Rouge was the final deciding moment in the struggle for supremacy between two ferociously murderous HOA’s on either side of the ditch next to what became Lee Road. The tension began in the 50’s over the squabble that would result in the Porch Horse Raids. Many felt it was unsafe to leave a horse in the yard tied to a porch while others felt this was an overreach by the associates and their watchmen and an attempt at a land grab. The rest, as they say, is history.
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