From Wikipedia.
Fort Jackson is a masonry fort located 40 miles up the Mississippi River from its mouth in Plaquemines Parish. It was constructed as a coastal defense for New Orleans between 1822 and 1832, and it was a battle site during the Civil War and is a National Historic Landmark. It was recently heavily damaged by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and its condition is considered very endangered.
On its grounds are also located the Endicott era work called Battery Millar.
It is 70 miles south of New Orleans on the western bank of the Mississippi River
The fort was occupied on and off from its completion to until after World War I, when it served as a training station. It is now owned by Plaquemines Parish .
Fort Jackson and its sister fort across the river, Fort St. Philip, were the site of the Battles of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip from April 16 to April 28, 1862, during the Civil War. The Confederate controlled fort was the site of a siege of 12 days by the fleet of U.S. Navy flag officer David Farragut. It fell on April, 28, after the Union fleet sailed past it.
--Old B-Runner
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