Fort St. Philip

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Fort St. Philip is a historic coastal fortification in Louisiana that played a key defensive role in multiple American conflicts, including the War of 1812 and the Civil War.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal fort
historic fortification
military installation
builtDuring Spanish colonial period
conflict American Civil War
American Revolutionary War
Mexican–American War
War of 1812
Gulf Coast theater of the War of 1812
surface form: War of 1812, Gulf Coast campaign
constructionMaterial brick
earthworks
controlledBy Confederate States of America
France
Spain
United States of America
surface form: United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
currentCondition ruins
era 19th century
garrisonedBy Confederate States Army
surface form: Confederate Army

Union Army
United States Army
hasAlternativeName Fort San Felipe
Fort St. Philip
surface form: Fort St. Philip, Louisiana
hasCoordinateLatitude 29.466
hasCoordinateLongitude -89.738
hasFeature artillery batteries
bastions
casemates
moat
parapets
heritageStatus historic site
locatedIn Louisiana
locatedInAdministrativeEntity Plaquemines Parish
surface form: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
locatedInEcoregion Mississippi River Delta region
surface form: Mississippi River Delta
locatedNear Buras, Louisiana
Fort Jackson
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
locatedOnWaterway Mississippi River
namedAfter Philip II of Spain
nearbyProtectedArea Delta National Wildlife Refuge
openToPublic no
partOf defenses of New Orleans
significantEvent Battle of Fort St. Philip (1815)
Capture of New Orleans
surface form: Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip (1862)
usedAs coast artillery post
military garrison
prison
usedFor artillery emplacement
coastal defense
river defense

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Subject: Fort St. Philip
Description of subject: Fort St. Philip is a historic coastal fortification in Louisiana that played a key defensive role in multiple American conflicts, including the War of 1812 and the Civil War.

Referenced by (5)

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Battle of New Orleans (Civil War naval operations) involved Fort St. Philip
this entity surface form: Confederate forts Jackson and St. Philip
Fort Jackson (Louisiana) hasNearbyStructure Fort St. Philip
this entity surface form: Fort St. Philip (Louisiana)
Fort St. Philip hasAlternativeName Fort St. Philip
this entity surface form: Fort St. Philip, Louisiana