PORT HUDSON REENACTMENT
April 1-2-3, 2005
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"Louder than the thunder of Heaven was
the artillery rending the air shaking the earth itself; cannons,
mortars, and musketry alike opened a fiery storm upon the advancing
regiments; an iron shower of grape and round shot, shells and
rockets, with a perfect tempest of rifle bullets fell upon them.
On they went and down, scores falling on right and left. "The
flag, the flag!" shouted the black soldiers as the standard-bearer's
body was scattered by a shell." read more
"We eat all the meat and bread in the fort..eat all
the beef...all the mules...all the Dogs..and all the Rats around
us." read more
In 1863 the Southern
soldiers at Port Hudson held out 48 days and nights against the
might of the Federal army.
See photos of Port Hudson then and...now!
