BATON ROUGE

a town in the United States of America^ cap. of Louisiana, on the left bank the Mi i ippi, 129 miles N. w. New Orleans. stands on a high bluff commanding a fine view the river and surrounding country, and kas a handsome state-house, a college, an arsenal, barracks, and penitentiary. In 1862 the po e ion of was contested between the Federal and Confederate forces, and in Aug. 5 of that year, the Confederates under Greneral Breckenridge suffered severe defeat before it. Pop. 649S.