Baton Rouge (La.) -- History -- Siege, 1862

Scope and Contents The contents of this collection reflect primarily the activities of Ward Bond in his efforts to improve the socio-economic situation of Baton Rouge. The activities of the Bicentennial Commission are located across the span of folders. Some of the materials are repeated in later folders, but it was deemed important to retain the original order of this collection and not disrupt the item level finding aides that are available. The contents of Box 4 are copies of documents relating to events...