Port Hudson State Historic Site will host its annual re-enactment of the siege of Port Hudson Saturday and Sunday, March 23 24.
This year marks the 161st anniversary of the siege and battle.
From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, volunteer reenactors in Union and Confederate uniforms will stage activities typical of the summer of 1863.
Three branches of service - artillery, cavalry and infantry - will be po…