Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St Philip, Louisiana, American Civil War Product:Postcard ' John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815)

' John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815) was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1773

Ruins discovered near Ludgate Hill after a fire in 1792

Satire alluding to the concern of the City about possible loss of its ancient privileges by the Royal Commission on Municipal Corporations

'The Queen in her Store-room'

Just as the new Liberal government celebrated its 1880 election victory

Bombardment of Forts Jackson and St Philip, Louisiana, American Civil War Product:Postcard ' John Coakley Lettsom (1744-1815)First 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.