(Gallery by Megan Braden-Perry, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune) Fort Macomb, often seen as the stepchild to the more well-known Fort Pike, is in need of some tender loving care after being battered ...

Pike guarded the rigolets’ entry to New Orleans, while Fort Macomb protected the entry at Chef Pass. They are closed to the public, as water encroaches from all sides, not far from where another ...

Fort Macomb, known as Fort Wood until 1851, was completed at cost of more than $350,000, and was finally garrisoned in 1828. Confederate troops occupied it at the beginning of the Civil War but ...