Port Hudson

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Early morning at Port Hudson Concrete reinforced levy to prevent flooding St Francisville was the capital of the Republic of West Florida for a few months in 1810 Restored historic houses Old courhouse with Confederate monument Grace Episcopal Church from 1829 Interior of the church Unusual stained glass Church graveyard Gravestone with Civil War items A Confederate and Yankee buried in the same grave because they were Masons Grandmother's Buttons shop Handmade button jewelry Pretty flowers Civil War soldier at Port Hudson State Historic Site Model of the USS Essex ironclad riverboat Battlefield model Museum exhibits Types of cannon shells used during the Civil War Civil War photo of 20-pound Parrott rifled cannon battery Drawing of the Confederate surrender Original Confederate flag Musket demonstration Loading a cannon Cannon demonstration Trail to Fort Desperate That ditch and earthworks were the Confederate fort (minus the trees) Sign explaining Confederate tunnels within the earthworks Another view of the earthworks About the sharpshooter tower The Union dug trenches behind a rolling sap to get to the fort