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Memorial Hall contains thousands of Civil War artifacts on site. As many as one thousand of these items are on display at any one time. Among the numerous relics contained in the Memorial Hall collection are:

-- More than 125 original battle flags of the South and the State of Louisiana, including the flag of Dreux's Battalion, commanded by Colonel Charles Dreux.

-- The Flag of the Bienville Rifles, Company B, 8th Louisiana Infantry,

-- And the flag of Wheat's Battalion, stained with the blood of its commander, Roberdeau Wheat.  

Also in the collection:      

• Uniforms of the common Confederate soldier.
• Uniforms of some famous Confederate officers, including the frock coats of Generals P.G.T. Beauregard, Braxton Bragg, Franklin Gardner, Daniel Adams, Joseph Davis and Albert Blanchard.
• Rare Confederate guns, including those made by LeMat, Cook & Brother and Tarpley.
• Confederate swords made by Louisiana manufacturers Hyde & Goodrich; Dufilho; Thomas, Griswold; & Pradel.
• Presentation swords of numerous Confederates, including such famous ones as P.G.T. Beauregard and Braxton Bragg.
• More than 500 rare photographs of various forms: tintypes, ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, cartes de visites, and albumens.
• Southern artwork by famous painters such as William Buck, George Coulon, Ellsworth Woodward, Blanche Blanchard and Achille Perelli.