Fort Star

The Union lost Brashear City in a single day. On June 23, 1863, Confederate forces under Richard Taylor, with generals Alfred Mouton and Thomas Green, crossed Berwick Bay in an amphibious attack and met a brief, disorganized defense. About 1,700 Union troops were captured, along with twelve heavy guns, medical supplies and provisions valued at roughly two million dollars, and two full railroad trains with their locomotives. The depot that the Great Western line had made at the Atchafalaya went from Union supply terminal to Confederate prize.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Wedell-Williams Aviation and Cypress Sawmill Museum — 5.7 mi
  A Louisiana State Museum in Patterson on the world's largest cypress sawmill town and the Wedell-Williams racing planes, with a theater and changing exhibits.
• Grevemberg House Museum — 19 mi
  Franklin's 1851 Greek Revival townhouse, the official St. Mary Parish museum, saved from demolition by one vote and set in the Franklin Historic District on Bayou Teche.
• E. D. White Historic Site — 20 mi
  A National Historic Landmark house of about 1790 on Bayou Lafourche, built by enslaved people and home to two Whites, a governor and a Chief Justice, with an exhibit on the bayou's history.
• Wetlands Acadian Cultural Center — 24 mi
  A Jean Lafitte National Historical Park center on Bayou Lafourche with Acadian and bayou-life exhibits, a 200-seat theater and ranger-guided boat tours to the E. D. White house.

More markers nearby

• Civil War Years — 0.3 mi
• Charles Morgan — 0.5 mi
• Atchafalaya River — 0.5 mi
• Morgan City Floodwalls — 0.6 mi