File:MapFtsJacksonstPhilip1862.jpg

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Map of forts guarding the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, during the American Civil War.

Forts Philip and Jackson, 1862. This color-coded map shows the Confederate fortifications at Fort Jackson under Gen. Duncan, Fort St. Philip and the Union fleet along the Mississippi River below New Orleans. The map, also shows the positions of Union ships under Farragut, who captured the strategic port of New Orleans, thereby providing the Federal army access to the Mississippi River
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Author Unnamed map maker for U.S. Armed Forces
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