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Fort DeRussy Facts


A Brief History of Fort DeRussy


Confederate Units at Fort DeRussy


The US Navy at Fort DeRussy


Artillery at Fort DeRussy


The Fort DeRussy Cannon

We want our cannon back!

 

Hutton's Artillery

Muster Roll, Co. A, Crescent Artillery, February 29, 1864

 

The Fate of the Invader

Newspaper article concerning soldier lost from USS Queen of the West

 

Fort Humbug

One of Fort DeRussy's Outlying Defenses

 

Joshua Cole, Sr.

or, The Reluctant Rebel

 

The Magazine Explosion of March 16, 1864

The "Friendly Fire" Incident

 

Hospital Testimony

French-American Claims Commission testimony concerning the fort hospital

 

The Other Forts DeRussy

Or should that be, The Other Fort DeRussys?

 

The Mystery of the Countess

 

The Steamboat Bridge at Simmesport

Not exactly Fort DeRussy related, but interesting, and nearby

 

The Mysterious Reappearing Cannons

Forts Buhlow and Randolph replaced Fort DeRussy in 1865. Who provided their biggest guns?

 

The Finley Anderson Story

Whatever happened to the War Correspondent captured aboard Queen of the West?


Official Reports on the Capture of the Fort


Becht Report (5th Minn)

 

Newbold Report (14th Iowa)

 

Fyan Report (24th Missouri)

 

Gilbert Report (27th Iowa)

 

Scott Report (32nd Iowa)

 

Lynch Report (58th Illinois)

 

Kinney Report (119th Illinois)

 

Shaw Report (2nd Brigade)

 

Map of the Fort

Details of the Union Positions, March 14, 1864


Unofficial Reports on the Capture of the Fort

 

Samuel Thomas Letter (27th Iowa)


Lewis G. DeRussy

 

The Life and Times of Lewis DeRussy

A biography of Lewis DeRussy


Official Report of the Expedition to Huejutla