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contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction: Massacre on the Levee 1 1 Fort Jackson and the Defense of New Orleans 7 2 Confederate New Orleans, February 1861 to May 1862 35 3 Cannoneers, Regulars, and Jagers: Inside Fort Jackson before the Mutiny 67 4 The Mutiny at Fort Jackson and the Collapse of Confederate Authority 97 5 The Many Fates of the Fort Jackson Garrison 129 6 Benjamin F. Butler and Unionist New Orleans 155 Epilogue: Why the Mutiny at Fort Jackson Matters 185 Notes 193 Bibliography 233 Index 247 This page intentionally left blank [3.231.3.140] Project MUSE (2024-03-29 14:48 GMT) map and illustrations map Southeastern Louisiana, 1862 9 illustrations Sketch of New Orleans on the day Farragut’s fleet arrived 2 Depiction of the Federal mortar bombardment of Fort Jackson 12 Sketch of Farragut’s fleet fighting past the Confederate forts 14 Drawing showing Butler’s troops getting into position 16 Parade ground of Fort Jackson 17 David Dixon Porter 23 David Glasgow Farragut 28 Formidable brick walls, artillery, and moat of Fort Jackson 29 Drawbridge and moat of Fort Jackson 30 The mutiny also caused the surrender of Fort St. Philip across the river 31 The ‘‘front view’’ of Fort St. Philip 32 Confederate major general Mansfield Lovell 52 Sketch of an old fisherman in his boat on the Mississippi River 58 Drawing of a St. Mary’s Parish sugar plantation 73 Sketch that resembles the casemates of the Water Battery, the earthenwork extension of Fort Jackson 76 Illustration portraying Fort Jackson after it fell into Union hands 87 Fort Jackson on the second day after the mutiny 105 Detailed plan of Fort Jackson 109 Confederate brigadier general Johnson Kelly Duncan 111 Portrait of two of the mutineers 116 Sketch of the Confederate Chalmette line on the western bank 120 Drawing of the Chalmette line on the eastern bank 122 ‘‘General Butler defying the rebels at New Orleans’’ 138 Fort Jackson shown as needing work after the battle 148 Benjamin Butler, with his dog, in a prewar photograph 160 Major General Benjamin Butler 169 1852 view of New Orleans 187 ...