Grierson’s weary troopers encamped in a grove of magnolia trees on the grounds of the Magnolia Mound Plantation

Their horses lined up on the outskirts of Baton Rouge, Grierson’s weary troopers encamped in a grove of magnolia trees on the grounds of the Magnolia Mound Plantation. This photograph was taken by famed photographer Andrew Lytle. (Andrew D. Lytle Collection, Mss. 893, 1254, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La.)