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Right leaning news is usally the unbias , you must be a liberal. Jackson pushed the british out. Also the british burned down the white house that only 20 or so slaves helped rebuild.
There’s a similar fort, Macomb, that you can see right under Chef Menteur pass on highway 90. It’s an overgrown fortress that apparently the city wants to restore. Built in 1820 at the end of the war of 1812
War of 1812 ended in 1815. Technically, it ended in 1814, in December, but the Battle of New Orleans happened about three weeks late, if I recall, before the treaty could be told to the armies.
@@lucianblansett2286 I don’t know if you can enter Fort Pike anymore. The last time I tried to get inside It was closed down. I know as a kid I use to love going there because I’ve always loved history
Always love exploring this fort. Up until the 1940's it sat on marshy land but still land. When they dug the shipping channel south of it....the erosion rearranged the whole map. Even the city of Shell Beach had to be relocated further south. That place will be there forever if left alone. It's survived everything.... including Katrina. Katrina did absolutely nothing to it.
There is the remains of on old fort called Fort Montgomery 6 or so miles from my house located in a neighboring town. To the locals and anyone who has studied the history of the fort all know it as Fort Blunder. Named as such because the first fort was accidentally built over the French border into Quebec. The fort that is currently there is the second fort to be built after the first ones botched placement. I've been to the ruins of it several years ago when the property owner had an event open to the public so everyone could see it without having to sneak in. It was one of the few forts of its' type to have a draw bridge going over a moat which wasn't a very common thing for US forts from what I've been told. Which made it even cooler IMO. :)
Moat? Then also French. I'm into Franchising sinking Canada back as a matter of act. Can't you sea? Aye, aye, aye, sole tea! "I don't often retake Franchised lands but when I do, it's perfectly legitimate". Or else? Pay me for those Frontenac copyrights all over the frozen place. (No, I don't care about Lauriers, it's more of a roman thing, all of that. I'd rather choose Francis the first's fart in a somewhat general dire action over any laurier you spitting in glitch madlads could ever muster from queerland. Ain't that right, Athos? Mmmmh? Yeah, yeah, yeah, shuddup and keep drinking whines, for that's even better, my good friend.. Ha, ha, ha!
I wouldn't say America was "paranoid" during the early to mid nineteenth century in regards to coastal defenses. Definitely very aware of likely threats and how vulnerable we were with the newly acquired southern states along the Gulf Coast especially as you mentioned at the Mississippi river Delta. My sons and I just visited Fort Travis a few weeks ago near Galveston and even though it didn't see active combat it's clear why such a fortification was installed all the way through the end of WW2.
Thanks! As an air crewman from Coast Guard Air Station, New Orleans I flew over this fort many times but had no idea of its' meaning or significance. It just seemed odd that a brick structure would be out in the middle of nowhere. 50 years later...now I know!
Across Bayou Yscloskey from the fort, you'll see some old concrete foundation ruins. That was an anti-aircraft gunnery training facility during World War 2. I've fished by it and explored it many times. I only found one article from a local interview and one photo of it online. They would tow targets over Lake Borgne with airplanes and fire at them. If your research old oil field lease records, it was reported that unexploded munitions could still be out in the lake. I would love it if someone knew more about that facility and had any photos or stories about it. That was still before they cut the ship channel so Shell Beach was closer to the fort, at that point in time.
The Battle of New Orleans is one of the most lopsided victories for the American Army in our nation's history. The British suffered over 2000 casualties in the battle out of an 8000 man force, while the US suffered only 71 casualties out of a 5700 man army. It was this battle that made US forces commander General Andrew Jackson an American hero and propelled him to the White House in 1829. An excellent movie about this battle is The Buccaneer from 1958 starring Charlton Heston as Jackson and Yul Brenner as Jean LaFitte.
Got to love forts and castles! Excellent video, as one has come to expect from It's History! Keep 'em coming! Being a HUGE fan of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, I'd love for you to do a video on their Pacific Extension.... As James J. Hill (of Great Northern fame) said, if I remember...."Give me snuff, whiskey and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell." Greetings from a Swede in Glasgow, Scotland....🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻
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I’ve personally caught several fish right in front of the front entrance. It’s pretty impressive especially from a kayak. It’s a shame there’s been some graffiti though
I kinda actually like these kinds of videos subjects that you are doing on about fortifications around the United States can you please continue on with more and maybe do some videos about fortifications outside of the United States..
You should be talking about Fort Jackson Louisiana side of Mississippi River and Fort St. Phillip on the Mississippi side ruins. Thanks for your amazing work.
I worked for an offshore dive and salvage company. We were recovering a sunken barge in the MRGO (Mississippi River Gulf Outlet) after Hurricane Katrina and we were anchored for 3 weeks a stone's throw away from this fort.
@@Ivan-pl2it yes they are! Small world. We actually did some salvage operations with Oceaneering support vessels. Also worked for a supply boat company out of Star Dock in Berwick, LA not far from Morgan City.
@@Mr.Boom_513 It really is a small world! A rough job but enjoyable. I miss that world class fishing in the gulf, bayou and rivers. Best of luck to you brother.
Kind of a strange place to place a fort. It's not near any shipping or navigable waterway. And not near any city or place that enemy armies would place soldiers to invade. It's on the edge of swamp land and any enemy ships can sail around it out of range. What were they thinking?
The lands been sinking there for hundreds of years...many places surrounded by water now wre dry land even 50 years ago. That terrain is very dynamic compared to most and vast tracts of lands become ocean with each hurricane
It covers the eastern sea approaches to New Orleans. A force could land there and proceed overland and not have to fight up the Mississippi river, however it would be restricted by draft as those waters arent deep.
The Gentilly Plain was a prime landing site back in the 1800s. Andrew Jackson had to always guard against a landing there. Having a fort located there would have made an amphibious landing VERY problematic. It must have been a relief for him when the British committed to a southern approach along the Mississippi River.
very cool video but as a new orleanian, it hurts when people say "new or-LEENs"😅 it's "new OR-lins" unless you're talking about Orleans parish (county)
We should take better care of our historic buildings. It's pitiful, how they are left to rot and decay. We are a very young country. These 50 -100 yr old places, mining towns, plantation homes, ships, etc. are all we have !!!
This system of southern coastal forts, which were built out of bricks, was abandoned when rifled canon were introduced. The accuracy of rifled canon could breach the brick walls quickly.
I became a fan of this channel when I watched your video about Pennsylvania Station :D when i was looking for American Experience video about the station. I watched both that day
As someone who went into there about 2 years ago. Yeah it's cool. I've scaled the walls of fort Jackson a few times and cleaned it up twice. (people actually leave trash all in and around it) It's amazing to see, but sad knowing my people history along with the historical places is washing away into the gulf.
Yeah, I’ll remember not to swear. The Johnny Horton song is great. I don’t know if I still have the LPN storage or not used to listen to it when I was in grade school on the record player turntable
when you attempt to show where all the bricks came from for this one and the past fort . and how they got them out there, I will want to see that more than what was written about it. Thank you.
There are some variations in the video from my original essay, but it’s very slight and I altogether enjoyed writing this one and seeing it come to life. 🎉
I believe we should repair these forts has much has we can it is a part of historical history for our state Louisiana had a very successful history that dates back hundreds of years!!♥️
We have A Fort on Ship Island off the Coast of Mississippi,,,,the Battle of New Orleans was fought in Lake Bourne between New Orleans and Bay St Louis Mississippi,,, Fought on the Land, in the Marshes and Off of Ships
PT was a fine engineer. I think he dropped the ball in tactical matters, and felt unencumbered to lay the blame at the boots of others, but a damned fine engineer. He was terribly embarrassed by his swarthy complexion, quite needlessly it would seem.
I grew up in the city of Chalmette Louisiana I never heard a Ford Proctor in my entire life or anything to which you have just reported on though when I was taught in elementary school about the Battle of New Orleans it was off of that of the Mississippi not lake born no what I thought about the city of New Orleans surrendering in any way during the American Civil War I would suggest you reference the movie buccaneer both versions they did better accuracy and It was by Hollywood
Cool little history point. Little tip for you though ... Stop zooming and panning on your map screens, stop and actually draw a circle around what the heck you are talking about. I watched this twice and still have no idea where the thing is other than the mouth of some lake off New Orleans... Thanks for the vid though.
Square Forts were made obsolete in the 14th Century with Bastion forts becoming the fort of choice based on Cannons destroying square forts with ease. This either was not built as a fort or it is anomolous.
Being a New Orleans resident I appreciate your video a lot!! Nicely done, however, your music is droning and off putting and takes away from you otherwise great video.
These forts your talking about are star forts. What that means is they originally were not military forts. They were something else. Please research star forts they’re all over the world
That's not an abandoned fort, that's the Alone in the Dark setting. step and/or heave away from that forsaken island IMMEDIATELY. TERRIBILIS LOCUS ISTE.
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Ccp china's new fort.
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Muhammad walks up to the Buddha and says "Guess what a mosque and 9 year old have in common."
I've been in both.
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Hard to believe America was "more" paranoid than it is now.
Right leaning news is usally the unbias , you must be a liberal. Jackson pushed the british out. Also the british burned down the white house that only 20 or so slaves helped rebuild.
There’s a similar fort, Macomb, that you can see right under Chef Menteur pass on highway 90. It’s an overgrown fortress that apparently the city wants to restore. Built in 1820 at the end of the war of 1812
Chyna's new fort.
Fort Pike, also!
War of 1812 ended in 1815. Technically, it ended in 1814, in December, but the Battle of New Orleans happened about three weeks late, if I recall, before the treaty could be told to the armies.
I'd never heard of it. Thank you kindly.
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I don’t know if you can enter Fort Pike anymore. The last time I tried to get inside It was closed down. I know as a kid I use to love going there because I’ve always loved history
Just a minor correction. It's Fort Sum-ter, not
Smut-ter. Good video.
FortChyna
@@alexislaisney3404
What does Al Bundy and the prophet Muhammad have in common?
Married with children.
This channel has a ridiculous amount of errors, it is shameful. Stop butchering history!
@@HappyMuffin Glad I'm not the only one to notice.
*Fort Surrender
Anyone remember the Johnny Horton song "The Battle of New Orleans"? Or am I the only one who can still sing it after 50+ years?
"In 1814 we took a little trip,
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty Mississip...."
🎶😊😁👍🎶 Had to sing it in choir class in junior high.
@@markmh835 I had the record. It was a favorite when I was young.
That song is illegal in England.
@@johndavid8815 is it really? Just because 4000 Americans beat 10,000 British?
@@mom5catskyle596 yep
Always love exploring this fort. Up until the 1940's it sat on marshy land but still land. When they dug the shipping channel south of it....the erosion rearranged the whole map. Even the city of Shell Beach had to be relocated further south. That place will be there forever if left alone. It's survived everything.... including Katrina. Katrina did absolutely nothing to it.
is this the one out by delacroix?
The fort is actually a really popular fishing spot. Speckle trout like to hold up around it in pockets and around the pilings
There is the remains of on old fort called Fort Montgomery 6 or so miles from my house located in a neighboring town. To the locals and anyone who has studied the history of the fort all know it as Fort Blunder. Named as such because the first fort was accidentally built over the French border into Quebec. The fort that is currently there is the second fort to be built after the first ones botched placement. I've been to the ruins of it several years ago when the property owner had an event open to the public so everyone could see it without having to sneak in. It was one of the few forts of its' type to have a draw bridge going over a moat which wasn't a very common thing for US forts from what I've been told. Which made it even cooler IMO. :)
Moat? Then also French. I'm into Franchising sinking Canada back as a matter of act. Can't you sea? Aye, aye, aye, sole tea!
"I don't often retake Franchised lands but when I do, it's perfectly legitimate".
Or else? Pay me for those Frontenac copyrights all over the frozen place. (No, I don't care about Lauriers, it's more of a roman thing, all of that. I'd rather choose Francis the first's fart in a somewhat general dire action over any laurier you spitting in glitch madlads could ever muster from queerland.
Ain't that right, Athos? Mmmmh? Yeah, yeah, yeah, shuddup and keep drinking whines, for that's even better, my good friend.. Ha, ha, ha!
I wouldn't say America was "paranoid" during the early to mid nineteenth century in regards to coastal defenses. Definitely very aware of likely threats and how vulnerable we were with the newly acquired southern states along the Gulf Coast especially as you mentioned at the Mississippi river Delta. My sons and I just visited Fort Travis a few weeks ago near Galveston and even though it didn't see active combat it's clear why such a fortification was installed all the way through the end of WW2.
Thanks! As an air crewman from Coast Guard Air Station, New Orleans I flew over this fort many times but had no idea of its' meaning or significance. It just seemed odd that a brick structure would be out in the middle of nowhere. 50 years later...now I know!
That's awesome!
Across Bayou Yscloskey from the fort, you'll see some old concrete foundation ruins. That was an anti-aircraft gunnery training facility during World War 2. I've fished by it and explored it many times. I only found one article from a local interview and one photo of it online. They would tow targets over Lake Borgne with airplanes and fire at them. If your research old oil field lease records, it was reported that unexploded munitions could still be out in the lake. I would love it if someone knew more about that facility and had any photos or stories about it. That was still before they cut the ship channel so Shell Beach was closer to the fort, at that point in time.
My great great grandfather fought at Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the Civil War.
We call it Beauregard's Castle down in Da Parish. You can see it from Shell Beach, but you need a boat to get to it now.
Amen
Just FYI, it's "bah-you" or "buy-you", not "bay-oh", but you still did better than my nav system.😆
Glad it wasn't just me 🤣
I went there last year in April. The inside is just mind blowing! Love being close up to history. I also did a video on the fort.
The Battle of New Orleans is one of the most lopsided victories for the American Army in our nation's history. The British suffered over 2000 casualties in the battle out of an 8000 man force, while the US suffered only 71 casualties out of a 5700 man army. It was this battle that made US forces commander General Andrew Jackson an American hero and propelled him to the White House in 1829.
An excellent movie about this battle is The Buccaneer from 1958 starring Charlton Heston as Jackson and Yul Brenner as Jean LaFitte.
Got to love forts and castles!
Excellent video, as one has come to expect from It's History!
Keep 'em coming!
Being a HUGE fan of Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific, I'd love for you to do a video on their Pacific Extension....
As James J. Hill (of Great Northern fame) said, if I remember...."Give me snuff, whiskey and Swedes, and I will build a railroad to hell."
Greetings from a Swede in Glasgow, Scotland....🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻
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I’ve personally caught several fish right in front of the front entrance. It’s pretty impressive especially from a kayak. It’s a shame there’s been some graffiti though
I kinda actually like these kinds of videos subjects that you are doing on about fortifications around the United States can you please continue on with more and maybe do some videos about fortifications outside of the United States..
Why? I have no interest in the millions of foreign sites!
This story seems fishy, but not nearly as implausible as the story of Fort Jefferson. "History is a set of lies agreed upon." - Napoleon
@@mond000 maybe fishy… but we fish by all of these forts. Truth is stranger than fiction.
You should be talking about Fort Jackson Louisiana side of Mississippi River and Fort St. Phillip on the Mississippi side ruins.
Thanks for your amazing work.
Please get rid of that weird music in the background.
I worked for an offshore dive and salvage company. We were recovering a sunken barge in the MRGO (Mississippi River Gulf Outlet) after Hurricane Katrina and we were anchored for 3 weeks a stone's throw away from this fort.
Really. I worked out of Morgan city for oceaneering international in early 80s. Are they still in the business?
@@Ivan-pl2it yes they are! Small world. We actually did some salvage operations with Oceaneering support vessels. Also worked for a supply boat company out of Star Dock in Berwick, LA not far from Morgan City.
@@Mr.Boom_513 It really is a small world! A rough job but enjoyable. I miss that world class fishing in the gulf, bayou and rivers. Best of luck to you brother.
It's “sloop” NOT slope 🤦♂️...
Kind of a strange place to place a fort.
It's not near any shipping or navigable waterway. And not near any city or place that enemy armies would place soldiers to invade.
It's on the edge of swamp land and any enemy ships can sail around it out of range.
What were they thinking?
The lands been sinking there for hundreds of years...many places surrounded by water now wre dry land even 50 years ago. That terrain is very dynamic compared to most and vast tracts of lands become ocean with each hurricane
It covers the eastern sea approaches to New Orleans. A force could land there and proceed overland and not have to fight up the Mississippi river, however it would be restricted by draft as those waters arent deep.
The Gentilly Plain was a prime landing site back in the 1800s. Andrew Jackson had to always guard against a landing there. Having a fort located there would have made an amphibious landing VERY problematic. It must have been a relief for him when the British committed to a southern approach along the Mississippi River.
Thanks
Born and raised in Louisiana my entire life. Never heard of this until now. WOW! 💯
2:07 sloop, not slope
13:50 Sumter, not Smutter
Great and informative video as always! As others have mentioned, the background music was a bit distracting from the information you were presenting.
Your videos are very informative and enjoyable but your mispronunciations detract from the quality of the presentations.
Yes they do, and there's no reason for them because he records them and doesn't do it live. Good lord man, slow down and get it right!
I lived in Baltimore, my whole life. I’ve never learned about this before. Very cool.
This is a beautiful piece of history
very cool video but as a new orleanian, it hurts when people say "new or-LEENs"😅 it's "new OR-lins" unless you're talking about Orleans parish (county)
We should take better care of our historic buildings. It's pitiful, how they are left to rot and decay. We are a very young country. These 50 -100 yr old places, mining towns, plantation homes, ships, etc. are all we have !!!
Wow this is Shell Beach, Louisiana. All of my relatives live here. We pass this everytime we go out to the lake
This system of southern coastal forts, which were built out of bricks, was abandoned when rifled canon were introduced. The accuracy of rifled canon could breach the brick walls quickly.
Cool,I'm always OpeN 4 MorE History!ThanKs!
I became a fan of this channel when I watched your video about Pennsylvania Station :D when i was looking for American Experience video about the station. I watched both that day
Interesting history. Thank you for posting this information.
Good fishing around there. Plenty of speckled trout and redfish.
As someone who went into there about 2 years ago. Yeah it's cool. I've scaled the walls of fort Jackson a few times and cleaned it up twice. (people actually leave trash all in and around it) It's amazing to see, but sad knowing my people history along with the historical places is washing away into the gulf.
Yeah, I’ll remember not to swear. The Johnny Horton song is great. I don’t know if I still have the LPN storage or not used to listen to it when I was in grade school on the record player turntable
If I had a Naval Frigate I'd name it "The Alligator"!
At 6:10 you make comment on the LA Fort Jackson and show a picture of a fort. Yes that is Fort Jackson, but that is Fort Jackson Savannah, GA.
Interesting video! I have seen the fort from a distance while on Lake Borgne.
Fort "Smutter"?....Um....no. Fort Sumter my friend. We all do this kind of thing. Cheers!
Great video!
Im from new orleans and i have been hearing about these forts for years
when you attempt to show where all the bricks came from for this one and the past fort . and how they got them out there, I will want to see that more than what was written about it. Thank you.
You also have Fort Livingston on Grand Terre Island thats met a similar fate if not worse off.
Great narrator.
There are some variations in the video from my original essay, but it’s very slight and I altogether enjoyed writing this one and seeing it come to life. 🎉
Those I beams must have been added at a later date to support walls
I believe we should repair these forts has much has we can it is a part of historical history for our state Louisiana had a very successful history that dates back hundreds of years!!♥️
I’m sure they would if hurricanes wouldn’t just keep destroyin it again
We have A Fort on Ship Island off the Coast of Mississippi,,,,the Battle of New Orleans was fought in Lake Bourne between New Orleans and Bay St Louis Mississippi,,, Fought on the Land, in the Marshes and Off of Ships
the hell is a "Slope of war?" or an "Admirality"?
The "Admirality" commands the Umpire's "Slopes" of war :D
“ well they ran through the briars, and they ran through the brambles, and they ran through the bushes where a rabbit couldn’t go…“😂
I’m not a fan of the background music. I would love timestamps to be added. Very interesting topic!
Caught a lot of speckled trout right there by the castle!
Would be cool if they could pump out the water and seal the breaks. Preserve it a little better.
when was the initial battle?
Fort Smuter? I think you mean Fort Sumter.
First thought, I want to buy it and turn it into my own personal lair.
PT was a fine engineer. I think he dropped the ball in tactical matters, and felt unencumbered to lay the blame at the boots of others, but a damned fine engineer. He was terribly embarrassed by his swarthy complexion, quite needlessly it would seem.
Someone screwed up on the rigging on that ship. All rope's that held up the masts were covered in pitch to prevent rotting of the rigging.
Also the greatest name of all time.
PGT Borgaurd. Worry for the moss spelling but that is a cool name
I think they had an episode of NCIS NO there
Fort Smuter? Do you mean Fort Sumpter?
When the water is high enough, you can kayak right through the front doors!
Sad.
My ancestor Colonel Albert Roman was part of General Beauregard’s staff during the Civil War…
Why are you pronouncing New Orleans that way?
In Louisiana we know “Fort” Beauregard as Camp Beauregard
There is a Federal fort just of the coast of Biloxi Mississippi.
Yep. Fort Massachusetts
awesome video... fort smutter? i guess you meant fort sumpter. lol.
How many more hurricanes has it been through.
Fort Livingston off the coast of grand isle, used in the civil war, before that it was owned by jean lafite
When I saw the title I thought it was going to be about Fort Pike.
C'mon man! "Slope" of War?,- It is "SLOOP [sluep] of War" was a warship with a single gun deck that carried up to eighteen guns..
We may need them all again, soon.
Sloop rhymes with soup.
what is the purpose of the background music? Irritating?!
Fort Smuter?
3:22 Is that Andrew Jackson?
Yes
Infowars is the best place for news.
Hard NO
@@blackhawk7r221 state your argument
Who sponsored the pompadore?
I grew up in the city of Chalmette Louisiana I never heard a Ford Proctor in my entire life or anything to which you have just reported on though when I was taught in elementary school about the Battle of New Orleans it was off of that of the Mississippi not lake born no what I thought about the city of New Orleans surrendering in any way during the American Civil War I would suggest you reference the movie buccaneer both versions they did better accuracy and It was by Hollywood
Cool little history point. Little tip for you though ... Stop zooming and panning on your map screens, stop and actually draw a circle around what the heck you are talking about. I watched this twice and still have no idea where the thing is other than the mouth of some lake off New Orleans... Thanks for the vid though.
the slope of war?
Square Forts were made obsolete in the 14th Century with Bastion forts becoming the fort of choice based on Cannons destroying square forts with ease. This either was not built as a fort or it is anomolous.
Ft. Smutter? Ya mean Ft. Sumter?
3000 years from now some new world of people will call it a burial tomb
been there.
Why on earth would you call setting up defenses to protect your country paranoia? Are you trying to say we were never invaded before?
Fort Sumpter, not Smutter...
Being a New Orleans resident I appreciate your video a lot!! Nicely done, however, your music is droning and off putting and takes away from you otherwise great video.
My grandfather fought there and later founded. French settlement la
These forts your talking about are star forts. What that means is they originally were not military forts. They were something else. Please research star forts they’re all over the world
That's not an abandoned fort, that's the Alone in the Dark setting. step and/or heave away from that forsaken island IMMEDIATELY. TERRIBILIS LOCUS ISTE.
The slope of war was one of many simple mechanisms used to fight the British!
If you have plenty of enemies and vulnerable coastlines, then it's not paranoia