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Port Hudson is an unincorporated community in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States. Located about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Baton Rouge , it is known primarily as the location of an American Civil War battle, the siege of Port Hudson , in 1863.
The property, previously known as Terzia Game Preserve, under cooperative agreements with the state of Louisiana since 1935, was renamed Georgia Pacific WMA in 1966. Georgia Pacific Corporation transferred the property to a subsidy, The Timber Company , and the property was acquired by Plum Creek Timber Company during a 2001 merger.
The Siege of Port Hudson was part of a concerted Union effort to gain full control of the Mississippi River. It was conducted May 22 – July 9, 1863, by forces under the command of Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks, and only ended because the Confederate General Franklin Gardner surrendered after learning of the fall of Vicksburg, Mississippi to Union forces.
Georgia-Pacific LLC is an American pulp and paper company based in Atlanta, Georgia, [2] and is one of the world's largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper, toilet and paper towel dispensers, packaging, building products and related chemicals, and other forest products—largely made from its own timber.
Port Hudson: Site of the longest siege in U.S. history, 1863's Siege of Port Hudson during the American Civil War. 24: Richland Plantation: March 28, 1979 : 7240 Azalea Street , about 4.4 miles (7.1 km) east of Norwood, Louisiana
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Louisiana Highway 68 (LA 68) is a state highway located in southeastern Louisiana. It runs 19.13 miles (30.79 km) in a north–south direction from U.S. Highway 61 (US 61) north of Port Hudson to LA 19 in Wilson. The route traverses rural East Feliciana Parish and runs largely parallel to LA 19, one of the main north–south routes through the ...
After consolidation, construction between 1882 and 1889 allowed the Georgia Pacific to connect Atlanta, Georgia, and Greenville, Mississippi. [2] Regular service to Atlanta began May 15, 1882, and the road to Birmingham, Alabama, was completed in November 1883. The company was a predecessor of the Southern Railway, which absorbed it after 1894. [2]