Our tour began on a Friday with a lecture by Mr. Some of our members have taken advantage of this opportunity and I’m sure they would agree that it was a weekend well spent. One of the more interesting excursions any Civil War buff will make is with Jim Ogden and the Blue and Gray Education Society to follow the route of Andrews Raiders on The Western and Atlantic Railroad through northern Georgia. A great side trip for any Civil War Buff. Although there is no access into the interior of the fort one can easily walk the perimeter and get a feel of what it was like during those tumultuous times back in 1862. Fort Jackson however is part of a National Historic site and is well preserved. Philip on the east bank of the River is not accessible to anyone except very experienced hikers, the terrain being the domain of alligators, snakes and a human phenomenon known as “the cracker”. Fort Jackson was also used as a military prison during the War. The forts remained in Federal hands for the duration and were used as training facilities for many United States Colored Troops, many fleeing the plantations of the lower Mississippi River basin. With the city in Federal hands the forts could no longer be supplied and soon surrendered. This effort was successful and Federal troops landed in New Orleans on April 25, 1862. Farragut unsuccessfully battered the forts for 10 days and then decided to run the fleet by them and put troops down far above the forts – an aggressive move that would have been beyond most commanders. Philip were manned by the Confederates under General Mansfield Lovell and had to be passed in order for the Federal fleet to reach New Orleans. Guarding the approaches to the city were two heavily armed forts at the mouth of the Mississippi River.įorts Jackson and St. New Orleans was by far the South’s largest city with a population of around 175,0000. Gulf Blockading Squadron under the command of Commodore David Glasgow Farragut entered the mouth of the Mississippi River with the intent of seizing New Orleans and establishing a Federal foothold in the deep south. The plantation is also a nice place to stop and have lunch if one is so inclined. The Woodland Plantation House is famous in its own right as it is the house that is featured on the label of Southern Comfort Whiskey. Also located along the route is “Woodland Plantation” where David Farragut stopped and spent the night. 23 affords one a good picture of the agriculture, orange groves, cattle farms and oil industry that make up much of the state’s economy. Fort Jackson is located about 60 miles southeast of New Orleans on Rt. Another Civil War site off the beaten path and one that is well worth visiting is the National Historic site incorporating Fort Jackson at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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