Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism Louisiana Archaeological Survey and Antiquities Commission Anthropological Study No. 8 BAILEY’S DAM Baton Rouge, Louisiana [Illustration: Porter’s fleet passing the dam at Alexandria. From _Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War_, May 1864. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.] STATE OF LOUISIANA Edwin W. Edwards _Governor_ DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE, RECREATION AND TOURISM Noelle LeBlanc _Secretary_ ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY AND ANTIQUITIES COMMISSION _Ex-Officio Members_ Dr. Kathleen Byrd _State Archaeologist_ Mr. Robert B. _Assistant Secretary_, Office of Cultural DeBlieux Development Mr. B. Jim Porter _Secretary_, Department of Natural Resources Mrs. Dorothy M. _Secretary_, Department of Urban and Taylor Community Affairs _Appointed Members_ Dr. Charles E. Orser, Jr. Mr. Brian J. Duhe Mr. Marc Dupuy, Jr. Dr. Lorraine Heartfield Dr. J. Richard Shenkel Mrs. Lanier Simmons Dr. Clarence H. Webb Published March 1986 This public document was published at a total cost of $3,995.00. Ninety-five hundred copies of this public document were published in this first printing at a cost of $3,995.00. The total cost of all printings of this document including reprints is $3,995.00. This document was published for the Division of Archaeology by Bourque Printing, Inc., P.O. Box 45070, Baton Rouge, LA 70895-4070 to make available to the citizens of Louisiana information about prehistoric and historic archaeology under authorization of La. R.S. 41:1601-1613. This material was printed in accordance with standards for printing by state agencies established pursuant to R.S. 43:31. Printing of this material was purchased in accordance with the provisions of Title 43 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. This publication has been funded entirely by the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers, Vicksburg District. BAILEY’S DAM Steven D. Smith Division of Archaeology George J. Castille III Coastal Environments, Inc.