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Suggest changing Title to Fort Baton Rouge AKA Fort New Richmond

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References: Searched the internet and Fort Baton Rouge does not exist.

Wikipedia should change its site from Fort New Richmond to Fort Baton Rouge AKA Fort New Richmond. Fort New Richmond is only hearsay with no official documented backup.

Official drawings with title Fort Baton Rouge: Plan of Fort Baton Rouge http://www.davidrumsey.com/maps5575.html

CORPS naming this fort, Fort Baton Rouge. See next page past page 32, 4. Site of Fort Baton Rouge. Because the 2nd Continental Congress Congressional agent Oliver Pollock and 10 other agents fought with Galvez at this fort it is a United States Army Fort and the CORPS named it Fort Baton Rouge. Site of Fort Baton Rouge, Down By the River History of the Baton Rouge River Front, US Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Portals/56/docs/PAO/Pubs/abt_batonrouge.pdf

Pages 16 and 17 show the British and Spanish fort are in Baton Rouge by Powell A. Casey (Author) Encyclopedia of Forts, Posts Named Camps, Camps and Military Installation Hardcover – June 1, 1983 https://www.amazon.com/Encyclopedia-Forts-Posts-Military-Installation/dp/0875116930 Powell showing this is a Fort of Baton Rouge IOW Fort Baton Rouge AKA Fort New Richmond. http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:Casey,_Powell_A.jpg — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenn321 (talkcontribs) 17:05, 28 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Please see picture of an Historical Marker stating the fort's name is Fort Baton Rouge approved 2021 by Louisiana and LSU: http://en.wiki.x.io/wiki/File:002a_w_grey_out.jpg

Also see My site: https://mhiparish.webs.com/about — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kenn321 (talkcontribs) 00:15, 27 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]