Fort Babcock

Located only 100 yards in front of the Confederate's Alabama Arkansas Redoubt, the men of the 75th New York Infantry Regiment began building this work on the morning of May 27. At first constructed as a log breastwork, Fort Babcock became a strongly fortified rifle trench that was occupied by other Union troops throughout the siege. Lieutenant Colonel Willoughby Babcock of the 75th New York Infantry Regiment recalled a desperate charge that carried a small force of men through this road to a very advance position which they successfully held in one of these gullies, despite his fear of being killed by troops behind them who dropped into shelter and fired all around them.

Louisiana · United States