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Jean Lafitte
Historic Resource Study (Chalmette Unit) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I: THE HISTORIC SCENE
CHAPTER II: THE DEFENSE OF NEW ORLEANS
CHAPTER III: THE BRITISH ADVANCE AND THE NIGHT BATTLE OF DECEMBER 23, 1814
CHAPTER IV: JACKSON'S LINE AT RODRIGUEZ CANAL
CHAPTER V: THE AFFAIRS OF DECEMBER 28 AND JANUARY 1
CHAPTER VI: FINAL PREPARATIONS
CHAPTER VII: THE LAST BATTLE, JANUARY 8, 1815
CHAPTER VIII: AFTERMATH
CHAPTER IX: THE BATTLEFIELD AND ENVIRONS IN LATER YEARS
CHAPTER X: THE CIVIL WAR EARTHWORKS AT CHALMETTE
CHAPTER XI: SETTLEMENT AND OCCUPATION OF THE CHALMETTE PROPERTY
CHAPTER XII: THE CHALMETTE MONUMENT
CHAPTER XIII: THE NATIONAL CEMETERY
CHAPTER XIV: THE RENE BEAUREGARD HOUSE
IDENTIFIED SITES AND STRUCTURES, CHALMETTE UNIT, JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FURTHER STUDY
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
1. Sketch maps prepared by Alexander Dickson of British battery positions
2. Sketch map by Dickson showing British battery positions January 1, 1815
3. "Plan of Attack and Defense of the American Lines, by A. LaCarriere Latour
4. "Sketch of the Position of the British and American Forces . . ."
5. Abraham Ellery's map of Jackson's line, January 8, 1815
6. Map showing location of Line Montreuil, 1815
7. Dickson's map of the Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815
8. View of the Battle of New Orleans by Hyacinthe Laclotte
9. Key to the Laclotte view
10. Section of "Topographical Map of New Orleans and its Vicinity," by Charles F. Zimpel, 1834
11. Map showing location of the Chalmette and McGehee fortifications, 1862-63
12. Diagram of the Civil War earthworks at Chalmette, 1864
13. Profiles of the Chalmette earthworks, 1864
14. Lafon's survey of the Prevost and Pintard properties, 1808
15. Detail of Latour's Plan of Battle of January 8, 1815
16. Detail of Zimpel's 1834 "Topographical Map of New Orleans and its Vicinity"
17. Excerpt of the 1874 Mississippi River Commission Map, Chart No. 76
18. Plan of Proposed Shell Road, 1909
19. Untitled levee setback map, 1940
20. Excerpt of "Map of Survey of Battlefield 1935
21. Detail of d'Hemecourt's 1867 plat of the battleground plantations
22. Reconstruction of d'Hemecourt's 1831 plan of the St. Amand Plantation
23. Detail of d'Hemecourt's 1841 plan, showing the St. Amand estate
24. Detail of d'Hemecourt's 1837 plan of the St. Amand Plantation
25. Detail of the March, 1927, Chalmette Cemetery Survey
26. Excerpt from "New Plan of the City and environs of New Orleans, Jefferson and Carrollton," 1867
27. Map of Chalmette Back Levee District, March, 1949
28. Detail of Pilie's 1888 plan
29. Plan of Fazendeville area, 1963
30. Hardee's "Battle Ground Plantation" plat, 1896
31. Levee setback map of the Chalmette Cemetery New Levee, 1927
32. Excerpt of 1928 levee setback map showing land area impacted during construction
33. Detail of 1902 plat
34. Alternative design proposed for the Chalmette Monument, 1855
35. The uncompleted Chalmette Monument, 1873
36. Two views of the battlefield area in 1861
37. Diagram of Chalmette Monument, showing proposed addition, 1907
38. View of interior of new section of the Chalmette Monument, 1907
39. Two diagrams of the Chalmette Monument, 1907
40. The Chalmette Monument today
41. Plat of Chalmette National Cemetery, 1872
42. The G. A. R. Monument, Chalmette National Cemetery
43. View of Chalmette National Cemetery, ca. 1965
44. Rene Beauregard House, ca. 1890
45. Rene Beauregard House, ca. 1896-98
46. Rene Beauregard House, ca. 1930
47. Rene Beauregard House, ca. 1960, following National Park Service restoration
48. View showing the Beauregard House, Jackson's line, and the Chalmette Monument
TROOP MOVEMENT MAPS
1. Regional Overview
2. The Seat of War
3. Battle of Lake Borgne, December 14, 1814
4. Night Battle of December 23, 1814
5. Encounter of December 28, 1814
6. Artillery Engagement of January 1, 1815
7. Engagement of January 8, 1815
8. British Attack on the West Bank, January 8, 1815
9. Bombardment of Fort St. Philip, January 9-17, 1815
HISTORICAL BASE MAP
10. CHALMETTE UNIT, JEAN LAFITTE NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARK
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