Reenactors from West's Battery, Company F - 4th U.S. Cavalry, and the Medical Department of the 2nd Louisiana Infantry, gave park visitors the opportunity to learn more about the Civil War from the viewpoint of the men who fought it. West's Battery is a group of dedicated Civil War reenactors who portray the 6th Louisiana Light Artillery.
Members come from North Louisiana, Southern Arkansas and East Texas.
West Battery members portray Civil War artillerymen - complete with period cannon that fired each hour. They also portray Federal soldiers at Civil War re-enactments. Robert M. Webb of Boyce, Louisiana is an experienced Civil War reenactor who portrays a Civil War Surgeon, and Chief Medical Officer of the 2nd Louisiana Infantry. Hourly programs provided visitors an opportunity to experience a new way of understanding the Civil War from the perspective of the men who fought it. In February 2001 reenactors came for a living history.