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The first courthouse on this site served as the Confederate capitol of Louisiana and headquarters of the Trans-Mississippi Department, C.S.A., from 1863 until May 26, 1865, when the last Confederate flag was lowered. Major General Henry W. Allen was inaugurated here and served here as governor.
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