Fort Livingston

Fort Livingston was never finished. Work began in 1834, stopped that July and resumed in 1840, with the fort itself started in 1841 under Major P. G. T. Beauregard from plans by Lieutenant H. G. Wright. Its walls were cemented shell faced with brick and trimmed with granite. In the Civil War about 300 Confederate soldiers and 15 guns covered blockade runners at Barataria Pass, and the garrison left when New Orleans fell. A hurricane in 1872 wrecked most of it, and most guns were gone by 1889. Today it can be reached only by boat.

Where it stands

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