Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St Philip, Louisiana, American Civil War mb-code 1237718 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig

Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig and General Francois Anthoine

Sir William Fergusson

Front row L-R: D

The memorial was destroyed during the English Civil War

Manby is painted standing at three-quarter length in military uniform (Manby was Captain in the Cambridgeshire militia) holding a highly decorated [prize

Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St Philip, Louisiana, American Civil War mb-code 1237718 Field Marshal Sir Douglas HaigFirst day's bombardment of Forts Jackson and St Philip, Louisiana, American Civil War, April 1862. First division of the Union squadron preparing for action. A Union fleet commanded by Captain David Farragut laid siege to two Confederate fotrs on the Mississippi River. The Union ships were eventually able to pass the forts, enabling the capture of New Orleans.