Jean Lafitte
Historic Resource Study (Chalmette Unit)
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ILLUSTRATIONS
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Illustration 1. Sketch maps prepared by
Alexander Dickson. Top: Location of battery erected on the riverbank by
the British during the night of December 25-26, 1814. Bottom: Location
of the battery installed by the British along the levee road on the edge
of the Chalmette plantation. (From Alexander Dickson, "Journal of
Operations in Louisiana, 1814-1815," Louisiana Historical
Quarterly, XLIV (January-April, 1961).)
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Illustration 2. Sketch map of the
location of British batteries established by January 1, 1815. (From
Alexander Dickson, "Journal of Operations in Louisiana, 1814-1815,"
Lousiana Historical Quarterly, XLIV (January-April,
1961).)
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Illustration 3. "Plan of the Attack and
Defense of the American Lines, January 8, 1815," by A. LaCarriere
Latour. (From Historical Memoir of the War in West
Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15; original publication 1816;
reprint, Gainesville: University of Florida Press, 1964)
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Illustration 4. "Sketch of the Position
of the British and American Forces during the operations against New
Orleans from the 23d Decr to the 8th of Jany." This British map has been
attributed to various authors, among them Lieutenant John Peddie and
J.F. Bourgoyne. (Lilly Library, Indiana University)
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Illustration 5. Abraham R. Ellery's map
of Jackson's line as it appeared January 8, 1815. (New York Public
Library)
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Last Updated: 05-Sep-2004
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