FORT BUTLER COMMEMORATIVE SITE
Donaldsonville
A pivotal Civil War site engineered by West Point, the purpose of Fort Butler was to guard the confluence of the Mississippi River and Bayou Lafourche, a major outlet to the Gulf
of Mexico. A star-shaped, log-and-earth construction, built
and defended by area African-American slaves turned soldiers, Fort Butler is now the site of an annual re-enactment.
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