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The Daily Dispatch: April 15, 1862., [Electronic resource], The approaches to New Orleans from the Gulf — a Yankee description. (search)
The approaches to New Orleans from the Gulf — a Yankee description. It is well known that there are formidable preparations on foot in the Gulf of Mexico for attacking our Southern coast, and the Yankees are entertaining themselves with sketches of the points most exposed to their floats. They regard Now Orleans as foremost among these, the approaches to which, aside from the direct route up the river, are thus described by the Boston Post's army correspondent at Ship Island and Key West: In approaching New Orleans from Mississippi Sound vessels drawing nine feet and under may pass through Lake Borgne, thence by the Cordon river into Lake Pontchartrain to the Reglets, on the South-side of which, 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