Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Louisiana” in chapter 43, page 719 of Edward Alfred Pollard, The lost cause; a new Southern history of the War of the Confederates ... Drawn from official sources and approved by the most distinguished Confederate leaders.:
...ts, with a line of abattis in front; the whole sweeping in a sort of semicircle, and resting both flanks on the river.
The whole length of coast was about a mile and a half. Gen. Randall Gibson, of Louisiana , commanded the forces and conducted the defence of Spanish Fort.
The garrison of Spanish Fort was made up of the veteran Louisiana brigade of Gibson,
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