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The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], The approaches to New Orleans from the Gulf — a Yankee description. (search)
, at the end of the bayou, is situated Fort Pike. This is a small brick fortification, mounting one tiler of casemate guns and a few pieces enbarbeite. The work is built on the match, and is entirely unapproachable from the land side. It stands the edge of the bayou, and vessels of light draft may approach close under its wells. The fort may be easily shelled by the heavy inortars of Commander porter's flotilla. After passing Fort Pike the Federal forces will encounter batteries at Lakeville, the terminus of a railroad and casual connecting Lake Pontchartrain and New Orleans. A second approach to the Crescent City is at Proctorsville, on the southern border of Lake Borgns. Here is the terminus of the New Orleans and Gulf Railroad, which may be approached within shelling distance by vessels drawing nine feet. Proctorsville is a port of entry, and consists of a small village and an old sand fort. The land in the neighborhood is low and marshy, and the place cannot be appr