camp parapet monument

First of all it is tough to find. Second it really does not have access or parking. Third, do not go near dark or alone, the residential neighborhood is not as comfortable as some.We live here and have seen the sign for years pointing down to the monument. We finally went. You can't get to it. You can look through a fence at a mound. You can read a sign. You can park on a narrow residential street for all of the above. You can also be nervous as you leave the area.Go mid day on a Sunday. Look, take a picture, read the sign and leave.

Honestly there are more interesting places to see than this. There really not much to see. There is a fenced in mound and not a lot else to see.

The bunker is only open certain times during the year. Check first or you will we walking around a grass mound with a gate. It is small, and did not really see any action defending the city. The interior isn't memorable either. Had to check what the 1 st. attraction in Metairie was, if this was the 2 nd. .

If you are a real Civil War buff by all means make the trip. However, if you are looking for a major attraction you will be disappointed.

Situated on the river at the foot of Causeway boulevard is the site of Camp Parapet, a Civil war bunker for ammunition storage designed to defend the city of New Orleans from the North. The city was taken, with minimal loss of life from the south. The majority of the city's soldiers were sent to support the Army of North Virginia because the blockades set below the city (South of New Orleans) in the Mississippi were considered impregnable. Admiral Farragut proved this assumption wrong and the largest city in the south, left defenseless, surrendered. The lack of fighting left the city largely untouched. The capture of the city also turned the tide of the war. The Battery at Camp Parapet later became a Union army campsite and after the war was largely abandoned. This attraction is fenced and is opened intermittently.