The Pass To New Orleans

Fort Macomb in Louisiana was occupied by the Confederates on January 28^th 1861.

Fort Macomb was built in 1822 on the western shore of Chef Menteur Pass.  It was a few miles from New Orleans.  Chef Menteur Pass is a water route to Lake Pontchartrain from the Gulf of Mexico.  It was seized by Confederate troops on January 28^th 1861 and used for a garrison.  The Union re-took the fort a year later.