Orange Grove

Historical marker location:

4107 Bayou Black Drive, Houma, Louisiana

( Marker is on Bayou Black Road (State Highway 182) 0.2 miles north of Daneco Court, on the right when traveling south.)

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.