From the April 27, 2021, New Orleans Advocate "The fall of Fort Jackson, 159 years ago this week, was a big win for Union forces entering New Orleans" by Mike Scott.
It has been said on occasion that the fall of New Orleans to Union forces came with hardly a shot being fired.
When Confederate forces abandoned the city, They say Union General Benjamin "Beast" Butler simply waltzed in with his troops.
However, the Confederate defenders of Fort Jackson, downstream on the Mississippi River definitely would disagree.
The masonry fort, located south of New Orleans on the west bank of the river in Plaquemines Parish, was constructed between 1822 and 1832, It had a withering fire by Union warships as they ran past it and then had a ten-day siege afterwards.
Named after Andrew Jackson, who had urged its construction, it wasn't the first fort to be built there.
--Old B-Runner
No comments:
Post a Comment