Collection:LPB

Genre: Documentary

Place Covered: Port Hudson, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2003-09-15

Duration: 00:01:56

Subjects: Civil War | Military | Port Hudson (La.) -- History -- Siege, 1863 | Louisiana Native Guards | Cailloux, Andre, 1825-1863

Contributors:

• Laudun, Tika Producer
• Whitfield, Lynn Narrator
• Vincent, Charles Interviewee
• Jones, Terry Interviewee

This excerpt from the series “Louisiana: A History” features a look back at the assault of the Louisiana Native Guards during the Siege of Port Hudson on May 27, 1863, led by Captain Andre Cailloux. The Louisiana Native Guards were the first officially sanctioned African Americans sworn into the United States Army during the Civil War. Narrator: Lynn Whitfield