Firepower

Come to the site and watch authentically costumed staff and volunteer re-enactors discuss and demonstrate the loading and firing of various Civil War weapons. The program will commence with light artillery and then move to muskets, carbines, and pistols before concluding with heavy artillery and the firing of the site's historic 42-pounder cannon. Park admission is $4.00 per person with children 3 and under and seniors 62 and above admitted free. For more information call (225) 654-3775 or (888) 677-3400.