Battlefield Sites Outside the
Port Hudson State Commemorative Area
The May 2000 photos are of sites visited using the Driving Tour Map available at the Visitor Center

   

(5-00) East view of the wartime Port Hudson-Plains Road approximately 1 mile west of US-61. The road was the route of one of the major Union assaults on May 27th

(3-94) Port Hudson-Plains Road approximately 0.25 mile west of US-61. North view of the approximate center of the Confederate line
          

(5-00) Port Hudson-Plains Road approximately 0.6 mile west of US-61. Northwest view of Confederate field hospital site. The ravine was described by a captured Union officer as being the hospital's location

(5-00) Intersection of Port Hudson-Plains Road and Port Hickey Road. West view of a post-siege Union earthwork.  Approximately 100 yards beyond is the site of the old railroad depot and the hotel used by Confederate General Gardner as his headquarters
    

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