Fort Jackson, like other posts, uses maps by the National Wetlands Inventory of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service -- maps Murray and Pruitt are finding to be inaccurate in some cases.

This is a map of Fort Jackson and Fort St. Philip created from Union reconnaissance before the battle. Library of Congress At 2 a.m. April 24, Farragut gave the order; the fleet would make its ...

Fort Jackson has hired a private water company to deliver bottles to the affected homes every two weeks. The deliveries began May 21. Whether the pollution could affect other wells in the area is ...

A hand-drawn map charts the assault on Fort Jackson and Fort St. Phillip just south of New Orleans by the Union fleet in April 1862.

FORT JACKSON, BELOW NEW-ORLEANS, Share full article. July 13, 1862. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from July 13, 1862, Page 1 Buy Reprints.