Standing like silent sentinels, these broken pillars guard over the ashes of the “Old South”. They were part of the “Cottage Plantation”, just a few miles below Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The house was built in 1825 and burned in 1960. Yankee soldiers used it as a hospital during the War Between the States. I suppose there are many unmarked graves in the area. When the soldiers were here, a yellow fever epidemic broke out and it is said that hundreds died. There are many ghosts here.
In 1957, the motion picture “Band of Angels” starring Clark Gable, Yvonne DeCarlo and Sidney Poitier was filmed here.
These pillars were built by the hands of slaves.
