"Our Colored troops at work - the first Louisiana native guards disembarking at Fort Macombe, Louisiana."

ID: 5703 ~ Source: Image courtesy of The Historic New Orleans Collection, 1974.25.9.6. ~ Creator: Harper’s Weekly ~ Date: February 28, 1863.
This file appears in: Camp Parapet: The Union
This file appears in: Camp Parapet: The Union

By Rhett Breerwood
After the Confederate retreat and Admiral Farragut's capture of New Orleans and the surrounding area by May 1, 1862, federal forces continued to use the fortifications and even improved them…