Record Data Place Unit Type City or Town Containing Unit Ascension Parish, LA Events Date Type 12/24/1866 A Mississippi steamboat burns to the waterline at its dock in New Orleans, Louisiana Crime/Disasters 06/09/1860 At Donaldsonville, Louisiana's "New Line" Democrats endorse Stephen Douglas for president Campaigns/Elections 11/15/1866 Near Donaldsonville, Louisiana, a Mississippi steamboat burns and six people are killed. Crime/Disasters People Birthplace of Nicholls, Francis Redding Tillou Burial Place of Major, James Patrick Thomas, Allen Documents Images Donaldsonville, Louisiana, July 1863, artist's impression, zoomable image