Detail, Nouvelle Orleans 1802

ID: 3234 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum ~ Creator: Alice Standish Buell ~ Date: 1920s-1950s

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Detail of this map shows the pentagonal structure of Fort St. Charles, the largest fortification protecting New Orleans during the Battle of New Orleans.

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From Fort St. Charles to the U.S. Mint

By Mary Ann Wegmann, Louisiana State Museum & University of New Orleans History Department

The United States Mint was once the site of Fort St. Charles, one of the defenses built in 1792 during the Spanish period. Fort St. Charles was the largest of five fortifications surrounding the city.…