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Documents for the New Orleans CDSG Conference in 2020

CDSG Documents for the Modern-era defenses of the Mississippi river (RCBs, RCWs, maps, Quartermaster building records, battery construction correspondence files, Engineer notebook) zip file 154 MB, click link to download zip file.

FORT ST. PHILIP / north bank / 1843-(1928) 1943 / private /MD, MC / KKK?
Pike/2/10″/DC/1898-1919
unnamed/2/ 8″/Rod/1898-1899/gun tubes to Ransom, Jackson, 1 built over
Forse/2/ 8″/DC/1899-1918
Merrill/4/ 6″/P/1907-1920/later only 2 guns, 2 guns to Delaware R.
Ridgely/2/4.7″/A/1899-1913/
Scott/2/ 3″/MP/1901-1920
Brooke/2/ 3″ /MP/1904-1920

FORT JACKSON /south bank 1832-(1928) /parish park /KK
Ransom/2/ 8″/DC/1899-1918
Millar/2/ 3″/MP/1901-1920

Other Temp sites ?
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unnamed/ 2-155 mm/ PM/ 1942- / Calcasieu Pass, LA
unnamed/ 2-155 mm/ PM/ 1942-1945/ Port Eads, LA, Temp. HD of New Orleans
unnamed/ 2-155 mm/ PM/ 1942-1945/ Burrwood, LA, Temp. HD of New Orleans
Sabine Pass, LA,TX ?
unnamed/1-8″/Rod/1898-1899/buried or destroyed?
unnamed/2-155 mm/PM/ 1942-
Mississippi River, LA: 1921 Maps PDF (105K) 4 pages $0.20
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