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    The battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip (April 18–28, 1862) was the decisive battle for possession of New Orleans in the American Civil War. The two...
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    Landmark and historical museum owned and operated by Plaquemines Parish. Fort Jackson was the site of the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip from April...
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  • for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born in 1840 in Ireland, Flood immigrated to the United States and was living in New York...
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  • John B. Frisbee (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Frisbee...
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  • Christopher Brennan (sailor) (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born in about 1832 in Ireland, Brennan joined the US Navy...
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  • Amos Bradley (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born...
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  • for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born in 1839 in Ireland, Martin immigrated to the United States and was living in New York...
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  • Georgia USS Fort Jackson, an American Civil War–era ship Treaty of Fort Jackson, an 1814 treaty Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, a battle in the American...
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  • Henry Shutes (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip and an...
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  • decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born about 1832 in Boston, Parker was still living in that...
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    David Farragut (category United States Navy personnel of the War of 1812)
    important Confederate port city of New Orleans. After defeating the Confederates at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Farragut captured New Orleans...
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  • for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born in 1831 in Ireland, McGowan immigrated to the United States and was living in New York...
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  • War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born...
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  • War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Greene...
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    George Hollat (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born...
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    War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born...
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  • Oscar E. Peck (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born...
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  • Louis Richards (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born...
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  • Philip (1815) - an action in Louisiana during the War of 1812 Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip - a naval engagement in Louisiana during the American...
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    War and a recipient of a Medal of Honor (the U.S. military's highest decoration), for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born...
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    War and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip. Born...
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    of the British at New Orleans]... but by the failure of his fleet to pass fort St. Philip.' The current fort was constructed, along with Fort Jackson...
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    River Defense Fleet (category Military units and formations of the Confederate States Army)
    portion of the fleet in the south took part in the battles at Forts Jackson and St. Philip. The portion of the fleet in the north took part in the battles at...
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  • CSS Louisiana (category Ironclad warships of the Confederate States Navy)
    Civil War. She took part in one major action of the war, the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, and when that ended disastrously for the Confederacy...
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  • Thomas Bourne (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip...
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  • USS Sachem (1861) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    passes to positions just below forts St. Philip and Jackson. They marked off the channel for Farragut's deep draft men-of-war and located firing positions for...
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    James B. Chandler (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    for 3 years, and served during the Civil War as a coxswain on the USS Richmond. In the April 1862 Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Richmond fought...
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    fought past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Union was unopposed in its capture of the city itself. Many residents resented the controversial and confrontational...
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    The battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip in 1862 can be divided into two parts: a mostly-ineffective bombardment of the Confederate-held forts by the...
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    Thomas E. Atkinson (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    1861, and at an engagement against Fort McRee near Pensacola, Florida, in November 1861. In the April 1862 Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, Richmond...
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