Jean Lafitte Historic Resource Study (Chalmette Unit)

1. Narrative of Events, pp. 185-86.

2. "Sir John Maxwell Tylden Journal, 1814-15," p. 70; Dickson, "Journal of Operations in Louisiana," p. 74; Casey, Louisiana in the War of 1812, p. 94; Forrest, "Journal of Operations Against New Orleans in 1814 and 1815," pp. 124-25; Cochrane, "Narrative of the British Attack on New Orleans." The last two sources are practically identical in phraseology respecting the British preparations for departure.

3. General Order, January 15, 1815. National Archives, Record Group 98. Records of U.S. Army Commands, 1784-1921. Entry 73.

4. Latour, Historical Memoir, pp. 179-80, 207, lxiv, lxxxii, clxvii; Dickson, "Journal of Operations in Louisiana," p. 77; "Sir John Maxwell Tylden Journal, 1814-1815," p. 77; Tatum, "Journal," p. 133; Parton, Life of Andrew Jackson, p. 260.

5. Gleig, Campaigns of the British Army, p. 188.

6. For the British withdrawal see Gleig, Campaigns of the British Army, pp. 185-87; Dickson, "Journal of Operations in Louisiana," pp. 79-81; Tatum, "Journal," pp. 134-35; Latour, Historical Memoir, pp. 184-86, lxvii, clxvi-clxvii; Latour, "Map Showing the Landing of the British Army...." Nolte, Fifty Years in Both Hemispheres, p. 224; "Sir John Maxwell Tylden Journal, 1814-1815," pp. 78-79; Buell, History of Andrew Jackson, II, 46-47; Rowland, Andrew Jackson's Campaign Against the British, pp. 368-69.

7. Buell, History of Andrew Jackson, II, 47; Latour, Historical Memoir, pp. 180-82.

8. Latour, Historical Memoir, p. lxxxvii; Bassett, Life of Andrew Jackson, I, 203; Roosevelt, Naval War of 1812, p. 488.

9. Latour, Historical Memoir, pp. 198-99, clxxxii-clxxxv.

10. Joyes, "Account of Service in War of 1812," p. 7; Jackson to Morgan, January 10, 1815. Louisiana State Museum Library; Butler to Morgan, January 11, 1815. David B. Morgan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress; Latour, Historical Memoir, pp. 179, 204; "Journal of an Officer, 1814-1815," p. 646.

11. National Archives, Record Group 98. Records of U. S. Army Commands, 1784-1921. Entry 73; Buell, History of Andrew Jackson, II, 52.

12. Latour, Historical Memoir, pp. 197-98, 202-04, 224-25; John Coffee Order Book, 1814-1815. Coffee Papers, Southern Historical Collection; General Order, January 20, 1815. N. A., R.G. 98. Entry 73; Joyes, "Account of Service in War of 1812," p. 9; "Journal of an Officer," p. 646; "General Carroll's Expedition to New Orleans," pp. 71-72; Diary of Levi Lee, 1813-31, Tennessee State Library and Archives; DeGrummond, Baratarians, p. 146.

13. Jackson to Latour and Tatum, January 24, 1815. Jackson Papers. Manuscript Division. Chicago Historical Society.

14. Order Book Louisiana Militia, Jan. 28th, 1815 to Feb. 27th 1827. (Typescript in the Louisiana State Museum Library), pp. 8, 9, 18-19, 20, 22, 25, 31, 32.

15. Jackson to James Brown, February 4, 1815. Correspondence of Andrew Jackson, VI, 447. See also Brown, Amphibious Campaign, p. 108.

16. "Narrative." See also letter signed "Verita" January 18, 1855. Manuscript Division. Cincinnati Historical Society.

17. Rowland, Andrew Jackson's Campaign Against the British, p. 359; Ritchie, "Louisiana Campaign," p. 60.

18. Historical Memoir, p. 160.

19. "Sir John Maxwell Tylden Journal, 1814-1815," p. 67. See also, Adams, "Battle of New Orleans," pp. 197-98.

20. Brown, Amphibious Campaign, p. 130.

21. Adams, "Battle of New Orleans," p. 193; Bassett, Life of Andrew Jackson, I, 205; Lindsey, Andrew Jackson and John C. Calhoun, pp. 25-26.