American Civil War: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Baton_Rouge_(1862)" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Baton Rouge (1862)">Battle of Baton Rouge</a>: Along the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Mississippi River">Mississippi River</a> near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baton_Rouge,_Louisiana" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Baton Rouge, Louisiana">Baton Rouge, Louisiana</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> troops attempt to take the city, but are driven back by fire from Union gunboats.