Pass Manchac

Historical marker location:

30160 Old US-51, Akers, Louisiana

( Marker is on Old U.S. 51, ½ mile south of Mary Reno Lane, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1975

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.