Photos from My Trip to Louisiana
Photos from My Trip to Louisiana
I toured the 6th Michigan's old stomping grounds in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Port Hudson.
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The New Orleans Mint, where the 6th Michigan quartered the first week of May 1862 ( and where William Mumford was executed).
Andrew Jackson at Jackson's Square in New Orleans, with St. Louis Cathedral in the background. The 6th Michigan marched right by here on the way to the Mint after entering the city.
One building of the Pentagon Barracks, where the 6th Michigan quartered in Baton Rouge (while General Williams allowed them to).
A drive-by look at the old State House. Seldon Frank Craig climbed one of its towers to help signal and direct the Union naval gunners toward the end of the Battle of Baton Rouge.
The view across Magnolia Cemetery from the 6th Michigan's vantage point during the Battle of Baton Rouge. Thompson's brigade advanced across this ground under fire from Chauncey Bassett's battalion.
Earthworks at Port Hudson (Fort Desperate). The camera couldn't do it justice. All of the ground the 6th Michigan fought on at Port Hudson is on private land and inaccessible to the general public. A future challenge for the American Battlefield Trust!
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