Tulane Stadium

Historical marker location:

2900 Ben Weiner Drive, New Orleans, Louisiana

( Marker is on Ben Weiner Drive, 0.3 miles south of South Claiborne Avenue (U.S. 90), on the right when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 2016

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.