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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jackson and St. Philip , forts (search)
Jackson and St. Philip, forts
Two fortifications on the Mississippi River, 57 miles southeast of New Orleans, which command the lower approach to that city.
Both were strongly fortified by the Confederates in the early part of the Civil War, and were passed by the fleet under Farragut, April 24, 1862.
Grave of Thomas J. Jackson.
Although Farragut had passed these forts, and the Confederate flotilla had been destroyed, the fortifications were still firmly held.
The mortar-fleet under Porter was below them.
General Butler, who had accompanied the gunboats on their perilous passage on the Saxon, had returned to his transports, and in small boats his troops, under the general pilotage of Gen. Godfrey Weitzel, passed through bayous to the rear of Fort St. Philip.
When he was prepared to assail it, the garrison was surrendered without
Forts Jackson and St. Philip and environs. resistance (April 28), for they had heard of the destruction of the Confederate flotilla.
The com
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Jenkins , Thornton Alexander 1811 -1893 (search)
Jenkins, Thornton Alexander 1811-1893
Naval officer; born in Orange county, Va., Dec. 11, 1811; appointed midshipman in 1828; commissioned lieutenant in 1839; promoted captain in 1862; and rear-admiral in 1870.
In 1834 to 1860 he was employed on the coast survey, and in the lighthouse board.
He was fleet captain, and commanded the Hartford when Farragut passed Forts Jackson and St. Philip below New Orleans, April 24, 1862; commanded the Richmond when Farragut captured Mobile in 1864.
He died in Washington, D. C., Aug. 9, 1893.
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)