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Showing posts with label Fort Jackson. Show all posts
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Maine's Gen. Neil S. Dow-- Part 2
He was made a brigadier general April 28, 1862 and commanded the two captured Confederate forts below New Orleans, Fort Jackson and Fort St. Phhilip, after their capture and later commanded the District of Florida.
He was wounded in the right arm and left thigh at the Siege of Port Hudson, Mississippi, (May 21-July 9, 1863) and sent to a local plantation to recover. Dow was captured while there and imprisoned for eight months at Richmond and Mobile. It was during this time that the Montgomery hotel escape took place.
Finally, he was exchanged for Confederate General William Henry Fitzhugh Lee, son of Robert E. Lee, on February 25, 1864. With his health seriously impaired by his prison time, he resigned in November of that year.
Back in Maine, he continued with the temperance movement and cofounded the National Temperance Society.
I'll Drink to That. --Old Secesh
Thursday, December 10, 2009
New Orleans' Forts Jackson and St. Philip in Bad Shape
The September 28th Advocate had an article "Historical forts threatened" by Sandy Davis.
The Union fleet bombarded these two forts for seven days and finally on April 24, 1862 ran past them and broke the chain barrier protecting New Orleans. Some historians refer to it as the night the war was lost. Within a few days, the Confederates surrendered the city to Admiral Farragut.
Today, these forts are being considered for national park status and that can't come to soon as both are in danger of deteriorating to the point of no return. There is a bill going nowhere in Congress right now.
These forts housed soldiers until after World War I. They have battled the elements continuously, especially rough have been the hurricanes and Katrina along with brush, vines and even snakes.
The 1820s Fort Jackson is crumbling and falling. Fort St. Philip is even older, built in 1741 by the French and is deteriorating even faster. Plus, it has been under private ownership since the 1920s when both were sold.
Fort Jackson was sold in 1929 to Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Harvey in 1927, but they donated it to Plaquemines Parish in 1962. Fort St. Philip was sold to John and Joseph Vela in 1929 and is owned by five people today. Efforts have been made to restore it but have failed.
Let's Hope Something gets Done Before Both Are Lost Forever. --Old B-Runner
The Union fleet bombarded these two forts for seven days and finally on April 24, 1862 ran past them and broke the chain barrier protecting New Orleans. Some historians refer to it as the night the war was lost. Within a few days, the Confederates surrendered the city to Admiral Farragut.
Today, these forts are being considered for national park status and that can't come to soon as both are in danger of deteriorating to the point of no return. There is a bill going nowhere in Congress right now.
These forts housed soldiers until after World War I. They have battled the elements continuously, especially rough have been the hurricanes and Katrina along with brush, vines and even snakes.
The 1820s Fort Jackson is crumbling and falling. Fort St. Philip is even older, built in 1741 by the French and is deteriorating even faster. Plus, it has been under private ownership since the 1920s when both were sold.
Fort Jackson was sold in 1929 to Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Harvey in 1927, but they donated it to Plaquemines Parish in 1962. Fort St. Philip was sold to John and Joseph Vela in 1929 and is owned by five people today. Efforts have been made to restore it but have failed.
Let's Hope Something gets Done Before Both Are Lost Forever. --Old B-Runner
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Fort Jackson, Ga. Turning 200
The May 18 WTOC TV in Savannah had a segment on the oldest brick fortification in Georgia turning 200. It served the confederacy and later the Union forces during the Civil War.
The Coastal Heritage Society has been operating the fort since 1975.
Wikipedia said that it was originally called Fort James Jackson and was built 1808-1812. During the Civil War, it was shelled by escaped slave Robert Smalls. It was listed on the National register of Historic Places Feb. 18, 1970.
It has also been known as Fort Oglethorpe and now is called Old Fort Jackson.
During the Revolutionary War, an earthen battery occupied the site a few miles below Savannah. By 1812, it was essentially a brick battery with the rear finished later. It was abandoned in 1905.
And You Thought All Savannah Had was Fort Pulaski and Fort McAllister. --Old B-Runner
The Coastal Heritage Society has been operating the fort since 1975.
Wikipedia said that it was originally called Fort James Jackson and was built 1808-1812. During the Civil War, it was shelled by escaped slave Robert Smalls. It was listed on the National register of Historic Places Feb. 18, 1970.
It has also been known as Fort Oglethorpe and now is called Old Fort Jackson.
During the Revolutionary War, an earthen battery occupied the site a few miles below Savannah. By 1812, it was essentially a brick battery with the rear finished later. It was abandoned in 1905.
And You Thought All Savannah Had was Fort Pulaski and Fort McAllister. --Old B-Runner
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