USS Cayuga (1861)
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The first USS Cayuga was a Unadilla-class gunboat in the United States Navy.
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Cayuga at the Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip
Fort Jackson, Louisiana
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Fort Jackson is a historic masonry fort located 40 miles up river from the mouth of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was constructed as a coastal defense of New Orleans, betw
USS Cayuga (1861)
…and schooner Wave (22 August 1863). In addition, she shared in the capture of sloop Active (21 June 1863). Cayuga also joined in the engagement with Forts Jackson and St. Philip below New Orleans, Louisiana in April 1862, which led to the fall of the city to Flag Officer David Farragut. Three of Cayuga's sailors…
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Plan for Fort Jackson, Drawn in 1817
Confederate National Flag captured from Fort Jackson