Also known as Fort Brashear, this was the larger of two works erected to defend Morgan City, then Brashear City and a Federal military depot, near the site now occupied by Atkinson Memorial Presbyterian Church. On the night of June 22, 1863, 325 Confederates of Gen. A.A. Mouton's command landed from skiffs and flats in the rear of the town. Attacking the next day, they captured the garrison of 700 Federals and immense military stores while suffering losses of only 3 killed and 18 wounded.
