Fort New Richmond

Since 1779

Fort New Richmond was built by the British in 1779 on the east bank of the Mississippi River in what was later to become Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The Spanish took control of the fort in 1779 and renamed it Fort San Carlos.

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State Library of Louisiana
Pentagon Barracks
Bayou St. John Confederate Submarine
Louisiana State Museum – Baton Rouge
State Field
Louisiana State Capitol
Assassination of Huey Long
St. Joseph Cathedral

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