Historical Marker

Cantonment Atkinson

Historical marker location:
Lake Charles, Louisiana
( Marker is on Veterans Memorial Boulevard east of I-10 Service Road, on the right when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1940

1829-1832.

Louisiana was a slave state before the American Civil War, and the state played a significant role in the Civil War. The Battle of Port Hudson, which took place in Louisiana in 1863, was the longest siege in American history.
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