From Wikipedia.
The fort was located on a hill overlooking the Ouachita River protecting Monroe, Louisiana.
Four Union gunboats attacked it on May 10, 1863. They demanded the fort's surrender and when refused, opened fire. At least 150 shells fired at Fort Beauregard.
The fort held out, but was evacuated September 4, 1863 and destroyed. It was reoccupied in 1864.
--Old Secesh
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