[DOC] [TLE] Civil War Louisiana | Entries | KnowLA, Encyclopedia of Louisiana [PAR] Jan 6, 2011 ... In April 1862, the Union army and navy challenged these defenses. ... Because of 
the Union invasion, the Confederates moved their capital to Opelousas ... After 
the Union captured New Orleans, some of these Native Guards... [DOC] [TLE] Arson destroys Civil War-era governor's mansion in Louisiana - CBS ... [PAR] Jul 14, 2016 ... Thomas O. Moore during the Civil War in 1862 and 1863. ... When the Union 
Army captured Opelousas, the capital moved again, ... the conscription law 
allowing Louisiana's Confederate government to draft men into its army. [DOC] [TLE] Louisiana in the American Civil War - Wikipedia [PAR] Antebellum Louisiana was a slave state, where enslaved African Americans had 
comprised the ... Louisiana declared that it had seceded from the Union on 
January 26, 1861. ... The city was taken by U.S. Army forces on April 25, 1862. .... 
abandoned Baton Rouge as the state capital, relocating to Opelousas in May. 
Thomas... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of Baton Rouge (1862) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Baton Rouge was a ground and naval battle in the American Civil 
War fought in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on August 5, 1862. The Union 
victory halted Confederate attempts to recapture the capital city of Louisiana. ... 
Breckinridge moved to the Comite River, 10 miles (16 km) east of Baton Rouge, 
by... [DOC] [TLE] Opelousas fit the bill as a state capital during the Civil War [PAR] Dec 25, 2014 ... Opelousas fit the bill as a state capital during the Civil War ... Union forces in the 
spring of 1862 and the Confederate government ... in Louisiana earlier in 1862, 
he said, when Union troops captured ... "The payment to Hinckley was for moving 
troops (on the steamboat) to and from New Orleans," said Reed. [DOC] [TLE] Read the Plaque - Opelousas: Capital of Conferate Louisiana [PAR] Capital of Confederate Louisiana May 1, 1862 ... of 1862 the state offices were 
moved to. Opelousas. ... On April 20 Union forces occupied Opelousas but soon... [DOC] [TLE] History of Opelousas | City of Opelousas: Perfectly Seasoned [PAR] In fact, the city takes its name from one of the tribes, the Opelousas Indians. ... 
1862: Opelousas becomes the capital of Confederate Louisiana in May as the ... 
state capital until January 1863, when it was moved to Shreveport because 
Union... [DOC] [TLE] Civil War Sites in Louisiana | Louisiana Tourism - Media Assistance Kit [PAR] Louisiana's Civil War Museum at Confederate Memorial Hall ... Later, when New 
Orleans had been captured by the Union, an enraged ... Rouge in the spring of 
1862, Confederates attempted to recapture the capital at Baton Rouge in August. 
... beginning in April 1863, General Nathaniel P. Banks moved his army upriver... [DOC] [TLE] Arson destroys Civil War governor's mansion in Louisiana - KTAR.com [PAR] Jul 14, 2016 ... Opelousas was Louisiana's capital for about nine months in 1862 and 1863, after 
... When the Union Army captured Opelousas, the capital moved again, ... the 
conscription law allowing Louisiana's Confederate government to... [DOC] [TLE] Louisiana Governors 1861-1877 - Louisiana Secretary of State [PAR] CONFEDERATE GOVERNORS (1861 - 1865) ... When New Orleans fell in April 
1862, and Baton Rouge, La. in May, he moved the capital to Opelousas, La. ... 
the enemy and promoted the burning of crops likely to be captured by Union 
forces. [DOC] [TLE] Gary-R-Hudson - User Trees - Genealogy.com [PAR] In April 1862, a Union fleet under Flag Officer David G. Farragut began ... 
Confederate troops evacuated New Orleans rather than submit to a 
bombardment. ... Louisiana was open to invasion, but the Union high command 
directed its energies ... capturing Opelousas and Alexandria and forcing the state 
capital to move one... [DOC] [TLE] Battle for The Bayous - Travis & Diana Vincent Callahan's Home ... [PAR] The capitol at Baton Rouge was abandoned and moved to Opelousas. ... In late 
1862 Grant embarked south to capture Vicksburg. ... The Union and Confederate

Question: In 1862 the Union captured this Louisiana capital; the Confederates moved the capital to Opelousas
Answer: Baton Rouge