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My wife is from Baton Rouge and we spend time there, visiting her family. I have gone to Vicksburg, but have not yet gone to Port Hudson, although it is fairly close to her parents house.
Has anyone been to Port Hudson? Is there much to see there?
__________________ "There must be more historians of the Civil War than there were generals figthing in it... Of the two groups, the historians are the more belligerent." David Donald, Lincoln Reconsidered (1961)
Wish I could help you timewalker. I have no idea. Fortunately, you have joined civilwartalk, and there will be more than a couple of members to help you out.
ole
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I hail from TX and have been to Vicksburg as well. I have not been to Port Hudson either and would like to visit there too. I do know that the state of MS wants to capitalize on the CW tourism that Vicksburg brings in each year and has started working on interpreting and marking a "civil war trail" along the rout of Grant's campaign. I would also like to know if there are any markers or tablets etc. at or around Champions Hill.
Last time I was anywhere near Champion's Hill, it was private property and you had to know someone who knew someone to get in. This was in '05, but I've heard some rumors that the situation might have changed some since then. We travelled the various approaches taken by both Federal and Confederate troops, but all we could do was eyeball a little ivy (poison) covered footpath that would have led to the hill itself.
And no. There were no markers.
ole
__________________ I never knew a man who wished to be himself a slave. Consider if you know any good thing that no man desires for himself. A. Lincoln
My wife is from Baton Rouge and we spend time there, visiting her family. I have gone to Vicksburg, but have not yet gone to Port Hudson, although it is fairly close to her parents house.
Has anyone been to Port Hudson? Is there much to see there?
Timewalker,
I go to Port Hudson every other year for the reenactment. Port Hudson is aprox 20 to 30 minutes from the North end of Baton Rouge. Port Hudson is controlled by the State of Louisiana Park Service. There is a nice museum, and several trails. Fort Desperate is still there with a walkway built over it. IMHO it is a nice place to visit. Don't expect a multitude of "things" to eww and ahh over. It will kill one afternoon, and make a nice conversation next time you want to talk about Vicksburg.
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Timewalker,
I go to Port Hudson every other year for the reenactment. Port Hudson is aprox 20 to 30 minutes from the North end of Baton Rouge. Port Hudson is controlled by the State of Louisiana Park Service. There is a nice museum, and several trails. Fort Desperate is still there with a walkway built over it. IMHO it is a nice place to visit. Don't expect a multitude of "things" to eww and ahh over. It will kill one afternoon, and make a nice conversation next time you want to talk about Vicksburg.
Thanks! Sounds like as long as we're in the neighborhood, it is definitely worth the trip.
__________________ "There must be more historians of the Civil War than there were generals figthing in it... Of the two groups, the historians are the more belligerent." David Donald, Lincoln Reconsidered (1961)
my GGGGrandfather & GGGUncle fought at Port Hudson.
And two of my my GGUncles fought at Gettysburg. Their father, my GGGGrandfather, enlisted in the 25th Ohio at age 60 as a private and died six months later of dysentary. My GGGrandfather was the youngest and too young to join, but of the other four boys in the family, the two at Gettysburg were in the Fourth Ohio, one joined but I do not recall where and one was apparently a deserter. There's one in every bunch!
__________________ "There must be more historians of the Civil War than there were generals figthing in it... Of the two groups, the historians are the more belligerent." David Donald, Lincoln Reconsidered (1961)
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