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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1819-1890) - First established in 1819 as the first, [[ | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (1819-1890) - First established in 1819 as the first, [[Third System Fort]] and completed in 1827. Located in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Named after General. [[Zebulon Montgomery Pike]]. Abandoned in 1890. | ||
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During the [[Mexican War]] the fort served as a staging area for troops headed for Mexico and Texas. After the war the fort was place in caretaker status and garrisoned with a single ordinance sergeant. | During the [[Mexican War]] the fort served as a staging area for troops headed for Mexico and Texas. After the war the fort was place in caretaker status and garrisoned with a single ordinance sergeant. | ||
==[[U.S. Civil War]]== | == [[U.S. Civil War]] (1861-1865) == | ||
[[Image:Fort Pike Sally Port - 1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fort Pike Sally Port]] | [[Image:Fort Pike Sally Port - 1.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Fort Pike Sally Port]] | ||
Fort Pike was captured by Louisiana troops on 10 Jan 1861, before the [[U.S. Civil War]] officially began. It was recaptured by Union forces 4 May 1862 and served as a base for Union operations in the area until the end of the war. | Fort Pike was captured by Louisiana troops on 10 Jan 1861, before the [[U.S. Civil War]] officially began. It was recaptured by Union forces 4 May 1862 and served as a base for Union operations in the area until the end of the war. | ||
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'''Location:''' Fort Pike State Historic Site, Louisiana. | '''Location:''' Fort Pike State Historic Site, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. | ||
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'''Sources:''' | '''Sources:''' | ||
* {{Roberts}}, page 347-348 | * {{Roberts}}, page 347-348 | ||
* {{Weaver}}, page 179-196 | |||
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* [http://www.northamericanforts.com/East/ladelta.html#pike North American Forts - Fort Pike] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pike Wikipedia - Fort Pike] | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pike Wikipedia - Fort Pike] | ||
* [http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/iFortpike.aspx Louisiana State Parks - Fort Pike] | * [http://www.crt.state.la.us/parks/iFortpike.aspx Louisiana State Parks - Fort Pike] | ||
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[[Category:Third System Forts]] | [[Category:Third System Forts]] | ||
[[Category:State Historic Site]] | [[Category:State Historic Site]] | ||
[[Category:U.S. Civil War Forts]] | [[Category:U.S. Civil War Forts]] | ||
Revision as of 17:56, 20 May 2011
Fort Pike (1) (1819-1890) - First established in 1819 as the first, Third System Fort and completed in 1827. Located in Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Named after General. Zebulon Montgomery Pike. Abandoned in 1890.
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Fort Pike (1) History
The original plan for Fort Pike was drawn up in 1817 by engineer Simon Bernard and his assistant Capt. William T. Poussin. The fort was designed as a triangular masonry fort with an arc of gun casemates facing the water passage known as the Rigolets. A single story citadel in the center of the fort served as a barracks and as a refuge of last resort should the walls be breached. The other buildings inside the walls included officer's quarters and service buildings. The land side of the fort was protected by a system of moats protecting three pointed bastions that provided protective flanking fire.
During the Second Seminole War the fort was used as a staging area for troops going to Florida and as a confinement area for the captured Seminole Indians and their black slaves. To accommodate the prisoners some of the casemates were converted to cells. The captured Seminole Indians were sent to Oklahoma.
During the Mexican War the fort served as a staging area for troops headed for Mexico and Texas. After the war the fort was place in caretaker status and garrisoned with a single ordinance sergeant.
U.S. Civil War (1861-1865)
Fort Pike was captured by Louisiana troops on 10 Jan 1861, before the U.S. Civil War officially began. It was recaptured by Union forces 4 May 1862 and served as a base for Union operations in the area until the end of the war.
In 1871 the garrison was withdrawn and the fort left again in the hands of a ordinance sergeant. In 1884 the Quartermaster took possession of the fort in order to dispose of it. By 1890 the military presence was gone and in 1928 the State of Louisiana acquired the property.
Current Status
Fort Pike State Historic Site, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.
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Location: Fort Pike State Historic Site, Orleans Parish, Louisiana. Maps & Images Lat: 30.166209 Long: -89.736586 |
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, page 347-348
- Weaver, John R. II, A Legacy in Brick and Stone: America Coastal Defense Forts of the Third System, Redoubt Press, McLean, 2001, First Printing, ISBN 1-57510-069-X, page 179-196
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