New Orleans Fortifications

New Orleans Fortifications (edit list) Fortification Country From To Town County GPS Notes Conde's Bastion France New Orleans Orleans Kerlerec's Bastion France New Orleans Orleans St. Louis Bastion Fort San Luis Fort St. Louis (1) France Spain US 1754 1766 1803 1766 1803 1812 New Orleans Orleans 29.95139, -90.06609 Site of US Customs House Canal & N. Peters St. Choiseul's Bastion France New Orleans Orleans Orleans Bastion France New Orleans Orleans Redan of the Bayou France New Orleans Orleans Berry's Bastion France New Orleans Orleans D'Abbadie's Bastion France New Orleans Orleans Charles' Bastion Fort San Carlos (4) Fort St. Charles (1) France Spain US 1754 1792 1803 1792 1803 1821 New Orleans Orleans 29.96156, -90.057645 Site of US Mint foot of Esplanade Avenue Fort les Oumas France New Orleans Orleans Fort Tigouyou France Spain 1750 1766 1766 1778 New Orleans Orleans Destroyed by hurricane Fort St. John (1) France Spain USA 1701 1763 1803 1763 1801 1823 New Orleans Orleans 30.02236, -90.08319 Fort Détour à l'Anglais France Spain USA 1722 1765 New Orleans Orleans Fort St. Leon France Spain USA 1746 1766 1807 1760 1803 1817 Belle Chasse Plaquemines 29.88361, -89.96972 Ruins by 1780 Rebuilt 1807 Fort St. Mary France Spain 1746 1760 1760 1780? Belle Chasse Plaquemines 29.87772, -89.96927 Ruins by 1780 Fort St. Jean (2) Fort St. John (2) Spain USA 1792 1803 1803 1812 New Orleans Orleans 29.96534, -90.06414 Site at North Rampart & Barracks Streets Fort St. Ferdinand Spain USA 1792 1803 1803 1812 New Orleans Orleans 29.96125, -90.06862 Congo Square Fort Bourgogne Fort Burgundy Spain USA 1792 1803 1803 1812 New Orleans Orleans 29.95658, -90.07192 North Rampart and Iberville St. New Orleans Arsenal USA CSA USA 1846 1860 1862 1860 1862 1914 New Orleans Orleans 29.95774, -90.06406 Jackson Barracks USA CSA USA 1834 1860 1862 1860 1862 1814 New Orleans Orleans 29.95153, -90.01 Fort Pike (1) USA CSA USA 1819 1861 1862 1861 1862 1890 Petites Coquilles Orleans 30.16621, -89.73659 Fort Macomb (1) USA 1822 1871 Chef Menteur, Orleans 30.06472, -89.80389 Fort Proctor USA 1856 1860 Shell Beach St. Bernard 29.86737, -89.67822 Tower Dupre USA 1830 1883 Bayou Dupre St. Bernard 29.94509, -89.83536 Fort St. Philip Spain USA 1792 1808 1808 1922 Triumph Plaquemines 29.36249, -89.46543 Fort Jackson (2) USA 1832 1922 Triumph Plaquemines 29.35667, -89.45545 Fort Livingston USA 1835 1889 Grand Terre Island Jefferson 29.273, -89.9448 Battery Bienvenue USA 1815 1872 Bayou Bienvenue St. Bernard 29.9852, -89.8809 Fort Banks (1) CSA USA 1861 1862 1862 1865 Bridge City Jefferson 29.94111, -90.16583 Fort John M. Morgan Camp Parapet-Main Redoubt Camp Parapet-Cavalier Camp Parapet-Star Redoubt CSA USA 1861 1862 1862 1865 Jefferson City Jefferson Parish 29.96114, -90.15559 Sources: Roberts, Robert B., Encyclopedia of Historic Forts: The Military, Pioneer, and Trading Posts of the United States, Macmillan, New York, 1988, 10th printing, ISBN 0-02-926880-X, pages 325-356.