Battery One and Forward Redoubt

Historical marker location:

Chalmette, Louisiana

( Marker can be reached from the intersection of Battlefield Road and Tour Loop Road.)

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve.

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.