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315:. Companies C and H of the 42nd Regiment Infantry Massachusetts Volunteers, serving on engineer service, were assigned to Camp Parapet on January 15, 1863 under Senior-Captain Leonard and Major D. C. Houston, chief engineer, Department of the Gulf (XIX Corps). Steps were taken in March to begin organizing and enlisting men from Camp Parapet to form the 1st Regiment Louisiana Engineers. The regiment was mustered into service April 28, 1863 and consisted of 12 companies of sixty men each in three battalions under command of Colonel Justin Hodge. Thirteen enlisted men of the 42nd Mass. Vols. were promoted to officers a month later after receiving their commissions. The 1st Regiment Louisiana Engineers would later be split in two to form the 1st and 3rd Regiment Engineers, Corps d'Afrique (95th and 97th U.S.C.T.). 902: 1105: 1339: 984: 65: 90: 48: 996: 244: 1286: 909: 1401: 1396: 97: 72: 310:
arriving at the camp. He organized six colonies at Camp Parapet each led by a non-commissioned officer and directed black labor in the repair and fortification of the camp and surroundings. This scheme was expanded under Hanks to become the Bureau of Negro Labor, which was one of the organizations
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Paine, Halbert Eleazer. A Wisconsin Yankee in Confederate Bayou Country: The Civil War Reminiscences of a Union General. LSU Press, 1 May 2009, diary entry September 29, 1862
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Ripley, C. Peter. Slaves and Freedmen in Civil War Louisiana. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1976
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took the city by sailing in from below, the fortification was never used. After the
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was detailed as aide-de-camp for Sherman for the superintendence of the many
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Military facilities on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
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Under Union control, the Camp lay in the district of Brigadier General
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northward to Metairie Ridge. (The area farther north from the ridge to
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This article about a building or structure in Louisiana is a
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defensive line about a mile and 3/4 long stretching from the
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Military installations of the Confederate States of America
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Mrs. Bethlyn J. McCloskey, W. Eugene White (August 1976).
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The only remaining structure of the fortification is the
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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You can help Knowledge (XXG) by 1037:Municipalities and communities of 346:Shrewsbury (Camp Parapet) Cemetery 311:which would eventually become the 304:12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment 283:counter-attack, which never came. 14: 520:with information on Camp Parapet. 251:The fortification consisted of a 1497:1861 establishments in Louisiana 1399: 1394: 1337: 1284: 994: 982: 907: 900: 95: 88: 70: 63: 298:, assumed command of the camp. 296:4th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment 441:"Camp Parapet Powder Magazine" 195: 1: 1467:American Civil War army posts 104:Show map of the United States 271:attack from upriver. As the 27:Camp Parapet Powder Magazine 16:United States historic place 1040:Jefferson Parish, Louisiana 924:National Historic Landmarks 350:Chalmette National Cemetery 229:Jefferson Parish, Louisiana 1543: 1389: 1332: 1279: 290:. 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Camp Parapet is located in Louisiana
Camp Parapet is located in the United States
Jefferson, Louisiana
29°57′40″N 90°09′20″W / 29.96116°N 90.1556°W / 29.96116; -90.1556
77000671
Civil War
Shrewsbury
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
New Orleans

Confederate
Mississippi River
Lake Pontchartrain
swampland
Union
Union fleet
capture of New Orleans
Confederate
Thomas W. Sherman
Halbert E. Paine
4th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
George H. Hanks
12th Connecticut Infantry Regiment
contraband
Freedmen's Bureau
powder magazine
National Register of Historic Places
Shrewsbury (Camp Parapet) Cemetery

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