This prompted the final name change for the university to the Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It temporarily opened in New Orleans, June 1, 1874, where it remained until it merged with Louisiana State University in 1877.
Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College was established by an act of the legislature, approved April 7, 1874, to carry out the United States Morrill Act of 1862, granting lands for this purpose. In 1870, the name of the institution was officially changed to Louisiana State University. On November 1, 1869, the institution resumed its exercises in Baton Rouge, where it has since remained. The seminary officially reopened its doors on October 2, 1865, only to be burned October 15, 1869. The cannons are still displayed in front of LSU's Military Science/Aerospace Studies Building.
These cannons had been captured from Confederate forces after the close of the war and had been used during the initial firing upon Fort Sumter in April 1861. Following the surrender of the Confederates at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865, General Sherman donated two cannons to the institution. The losses sustained by the institution during the Union occupation were heavy, and after 1863 the seminary remained closed for the remainder of the Civil War. The school closed on June 30, 1861, with the start of the American Civil War.ĭowntown Baton Rouge Campus (1886-1925) Historical Markerĭuring the war, the university reopened briefly in April 1863 but was closed once again with the invasion of the Red River Valley by the Union Army. On January 26, 1861, after only a year at the helm, Sherman resigned his position because Louisiana became the sixth state to secede from the Union. The original location of the Old LSU Site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Modeled initially after Virginia Military Institute, the institution opened with five professors and nineteen cadets on January 2, 1860, with Colonel William Tecumseh Sherman as superintendent. In 1853, the Louisiana General Assembly established the Seminary of Learning of the State of Louisiana near Pineville in Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana. It was founded as a military academy and is still today steeped in military tradition, giving rise to the school's nickname "The Ole War Skule". Louisiana State University Agricultural & Mechanical College had its origin in several land grants made by the United States government in 1806, 1811, and 1827 for use as a seminary of learning. The university is represented by its mascot, Mike the Tiger. LSU's athletics department fields teams in 21 varsity sports (9 men's, 12 women's), and is a member of the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) and the SEC (Southeastern Conference). The LSU School of Veterinary Medicine is one of only 30 veterinary schools in the country and the only one in Louisiana.
LSU is one of eight universities in the United States with dental, law, veterinary, medical, and Master of Business Administration programs. Designated as a land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant institution, LSU is also noted for its extensive research facilities, operating some 800 sponsored research projects funded by agencies such as the National Institutes of Health, the National Science Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Hebert Law Center, have received national recognition in their respective fields of study. Ourso College of Business and the Paul M. Several of LSU's graduate schools, such as the E. In 2017, the university enrolled over 25,000 undergraduate and over 5,000 graduate students in 14 schools and colleges. LSU is the flagship school of the state of Louisiana, as well as the flagship institution of the Louisiana State University System, and is the most comprehensive university in Louisiana. Link Wogan & Bernard Weiss, Dreyfous & Seiferth Neild, Somdal & Neild
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