Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St Philip, Louisiana, American Civil War mb-artist T_Hogg poses at St Martins Theatre

poses at St Martins Theatre in West London during a rehearsal for the musical show

The Rolling Stones backstage at The ABC Theatre

Plate 6 for the paper 'An account of a singular species of wasp and locust'

Phil Bennett

Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St Philip, Louisiana, American Civil War mb-artist T_Hogg poses at St Martins TheatreFirst day's bombardment of Forts Jackson and St Philip, Louisiana, American Civil War, April 1862. First division of the Union squadron preparing for action. A Union fleet commanded by Captain David Farragut laid siege to two Confederate fotrs on the Mississippi River. The Union ships were eventually able to pass the forts, enabling the capture of New Orleans.