Gazetteer/Almanac
Headnote
PLAQUEMINE PARISH, situated at the southeast extremity of Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, including the main embouchure of the Mississippi. Area, 2,500 square miles. Face of the country low and level; soil, where arable, fertile. Seat of justice, Fort Jackson. Pop. in 1810 1,549; in 1820, 2,354; in 1830, 4,489; in 1840, 5,060; in 1850, 7,390. (Fanning's, 1853)
Note Cards
Plaquemine Parish, Louisiana (Fanning's, 1853)
PLAQUEMINE PARISH, situated at the southeast extremity of Louisiana, on the Gulf of Mexico, including the main embouchure of the Mississippi. Area, 2,500 square miles. Face of the country low and level; soil, where arable, fertile. Seat of justice, Fort Jackson. Pop. in 1810 1,549; in 1820, 2,354; in 1830, 4,489; in 1840, 5,060; in 1850, 7,390.
Fanning's Illustrated Gazetteer of the United States.... (New York: Phelps, Fanning & Co., 1853), 295.
Events
| Date | Type | |
|---|---|---|
| - | Hurricane kills forty-seven people in Louisiana | Crime/Disasters |
| Hurricane strikes Louisiana and Mississippi coasts | Crime/Disasters | |
| - | In Louisiana, the garrison of Fort Jackson mutinies and the fort surrenders soon after | Battles/Soldiers |
| Union naval units begin a five day bombardment of Fort Jackson on the Mississippi below New Orleans | Battles/Soldiers | |
| Union naval units under Commodore Farragut break past Confederate defenses towards New Orleans | Battles/Soldiers |
Places
| Name | Type |
|---|---|
| Fort Jackson, LA | Location or Site |
| Fort Saint Philip, LA | Location or Site |
