...The Federal vessels were driven from it and captured in January, 1863. In the summer following, the defenses were under the command of Capt. Frank H. Odlum, of the First Texas heavy artillery, with Lieuts. Richard W. Dowling , Pat. H. Hennessy, and Wm. P. Cunningham, and about seventy men, most of whom were Irishmen. At New Orleans, in September, 1863, an expedition of large proportions was fitted up for its capture, ...