, 1861-04-20
The Forts in the State of Lon1s1anas..-
;n.T,eis xsositiou and FrcscNt Cond1-

rr9,a Forts in the State OF L0uae1ana
Thelr position anu ffeseA' ~ouu
tlou. -.:
Tuesday's New Orleans Data thus mentions
+be nos,tion and condition OF Louisiana: 4
Fonr 11y1sesros, GRAND TEnRE ISLAND.
4 larro fort. unfinished; situated at the
month ot Barratarie Bay, it commands tna ap-
nrnsch to New orleans uy The Bayou Batrata-
~ Tb,s !. near the site Of the celebrated fort
Of LATTE, This work, which has been STAND"
inc several years In an unfinished cohal.lon''
nrra3tirp It's final settlement, may no" be com,
1,sc,e:.. and should ut least be guarded. u
Eli rsouircs ior its efficiency the grading oi
IA noraoets. LAYING the gun platforms, COM
,77etino inside quarters, drlWbridSe nnd maya
Zine. Grading glacis, raising floor Of oonn.eis:
carp gallery and completing wosEs 81 19I tb. s9 ma. o.
toci;on cS tho site have been carried on to
soms extent during the past year,. aud ~
veil concentratea force Of men could no
n,;alfc mads equal to tho imminent lmpor-
t,nce of It's position. We point to this ton:
with marked inteIes1, On s nroztl't r. r. n.
eoe+V eo W. rpliahle report. No doubt troops and
or;1nanre viii be sent there, as vel! as 'Sork-
mcn. by the earliest opportunity: Lst nisnt
hs o',r troops aud our woFkmen- Al ooncs
Of precauiion is SetteS taaa poano ~ - ~
FORT ST. PHILIP, ,s1:.ssIssfPf1R1'Ess1 -
This is !, cassmated fort, very etronS, WIN
most Of Its guns mounted. 5s,.s;ss;nni r;vcr
The icit {eas bank Of the MiSs1ss1ppaa sltin, tha
opposite Fort Jackson, and cot:aI1 ~ 1r,I1;tsry
fn2cis have been stationed, and worked 70
rreaf lyantsgc in every way This Is the !ots III,
S1h;ch xr,as bomt,a.ded in 1915 by the Br!taS
r ~ was cop,mauded By Mej. 0vertcn, the nucis
of the present Governor, =. OVerlon Moole.
since the last annual rsRofs aono4rncsina. mu on
+;mher- fnundations, the relieving Mtnts s; ~
tann o11 1art OF those on face ., Wltn tnGi1
ndtng pazapets, increasing Lae "shsa
Of foundations Of some otngr nsfe g1her r
| Of land fronts, and neas's eo1'e1esAAe
pnss;1 "a The stationirg Of State troops at tlls
s.a,orr s.1.u ~ ;mnroTepients have been made, and
~ ~. learn that twenty eight gun platforms o.
the old armament OF tue l9"el t;aa Sie,of rs 1Ila
csnSs of te5 Of them to Columbfad platforms,
oid RI, resettiis tho twenty. elgat-Sun plat
| f1rn,s of the upper exterior battery, when
1sere entirely out Of leyel, By undue SETTLE
ment be effected At Mie f s1PenSs' t; l9g
9ha 81 motn work Thirty ssycn ii alll ca be set
ready ior Their guns eompletel5'f they a5e reno no:
,.!1osf, ,5AcKsos, .n1sslssiRrt RIVER: ::
IL -r,,a.fs {, casenatea fort, and has nearly all
4 us e1uns and plenty of ammunition; : situaiea
right lss nan f9d1 Of NM sieaps
and a1,ont twenty. five miles from tho head OF
lsaa,ag into eo%.5s a1 az s e ns*
; :t;on in connection with Fort St: Phillip ::
TT tThe means nt present ayai1able VII s9n. en-:
Rs;is g. y Ssss tas 81 52 s2isf
:total. armameut Of thifty:one balbette guns,
The main work, which i In good de1ensi2le
:: condition, has many of!its ea:emases NV -.
: beta guns already mounted.
;, zsTh,s,,s casemer.ated fo1t; Situatea o4 th*
sstSssa 1aas oss aao Il IL &;
1uSataa lttaaha New Orleans and th6Gu1f
i: IL Excellent condition. TIE sas15s wi
increased by the eiRts Sea
eoasE RoTafzsTs. nv IN ns,: many tHenty,lo9 g
Tho sesxaa Sf r. s1 hasRta e 81 ae1d sist
sssses.;: e. sa:s:s n ID g s:!ss:Is; sss
- forms, ,re-ar1snginz drawos,.s-,
Of 6aa-Nnll, an RppTppTiAtQS VIII W..