First Battle of Donaldsonville

First Battle of Donaldsonville Part of the American Civil War Date August 9, 1862 (1862-08-09) Location Ascension Parish, Louisiana Result Union victory Belligerents United States (Union) CSA (Confederacy) Commanders and leaders David G. Farragut Phillippe Landry Strength 3 ships Casualties and losses 0 0

Lower Seaboard Theater Fort Sumter USS St. Lawrence Head of Passes Santa Rosa Island Port Royal Fort Pulaski Forts Jackson and St. Philip New Orleans 1st Pocotaligo Secessionville Simmon's Bluff Tampa Baton Rouge 1st Donaldsonville St. Johns Bluff 2nd Pocotaligo Georgia Landing 1st Fort McAllister Fort Bisland Irish Bend Vermillion Bayou 1st Charleston Harbor Wassaw Sound 1st Fort Wagner Grimball's Landing 2nd Fort Wagner 2nd Charleston Harbor 2nd Fort Sumter Plains Store Port Hudson LaFourche Crossing 2nd Donaldsonville Kock's Plantation Stirling's Plantation USS New Ironsides Fort Brooke Gainesville Olustee USS Housatonic Vernon Grimball's Causeway Natural Bridge Operations Against Baton Rouge Baton Rouge 1st Donaldsonville

The First Battle of Donaldsonville took place on August 9, 1862, in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, as part of the Operations against Baton Rouge in the American Civil War.

A number of incidents of artillery firing on Union steamers passing up and down the Mississippi River at Donaldsonville, Louisiana, influenced the U.S. Navy to undertake a retaliatory attack. Rear Adm. David G. Farragut sent the town notice of his intentions and suggested that the citizens send the women and children away. He then anchored in front of the town and fired upon it with guns and mortars. Farragut also sent a detachment ashore that set fire to the hotels, wharf buildings, and the dwelling houses and other buildings of Capt. Phillippe Landry. Landry, thought to be the captain of the partisan unit, purportedly fired on the landing party during the raid. Some citizens protested the raid, but, generally, firing on Union ships ceased thereafter.

See also

• Second Battle of Donaldsonville

References

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Coordinates: 30°06′N 90°59′W / 30.10°N 90.99°W / 30.10; -90.99