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Camp Parapet was part of a Civil War fortification that extended from the river northward about 1-3/4 miles past Metairie Rd. Construction began in 1861 by the Confederates and continued after the fall of New Orleans by Union forces, which occupied the area with many Negro troops and contraban.
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Jefferson, Louisiana · United States
