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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VGP_plantation-of-pierre-denis-de-la-ronde-historical_Chalmette-LA.html
Command Colonel Third Regiment of Louisiana in the Battle of New Orleans night skirmish of December 23, 1814, fought on the grounds of this and adjoining plantations. Main house served as temporary British headquarters and hospital January 8, 1815…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1VEM_versailles-oaks-historical_Chalmette-LA.html
These Versailles Oaks Were planted in 1783 byPierre Denis De La RondeBorn New Orleans, April 20, 1762Died December 2, 1824 Here he also built a French Colonial residence He was Lieut. at conquest of W. Florida.Military Commandant St. Bernard, LA.M…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXX_the-malus-beauregard-house-historical_Chalmette-LA.html
The first owner of the The Malus-Beauregard House was Madeleine Pannetier Malus, a widow who purchased land from the St. Amand brothers when they divided the Chalmet plantation into small tracts in 1832. Malus built a French Colonial house in 1833…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXW_after-the-battle-historical_Chalmette-LA.html
The destruction of their plantation during the Battle of New Orleans left the de Chalmet family in financial trouble. In 1817 brothers Hilaire and Louis St. Amand bought the land. The St. Amands were prominent free people of color who already owne…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXF_british-batteries-historical_Chalmette-LA.html
To support their attacks, the British built several artillery batteries, shown in red on the map. The largest was the Advanced Battery with 10 cannons behind a low rampart of earth filled sugar casks and rammed earth. Built near the center of what…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXE_roads-and-ditches-historical_Chalmette-LA.html
The battle took place on agricultural fields crisscrossed by drainage and irrigation ditches. British commander Sir Edward Pakenham probably launched his main attack from behind the cover of the First Ditch. Some troops advanced and later withdrew…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXD_chalmette-national-cemetery-historical_Chalmette-LA.html
Chalmette National Cemetery was established in 1864s a burial place for Union soldiers who died in the gulf area during the Civil War. It also served as the site for reburials of soldiers from battlefield cemeteries in the region. This plot of gro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TXA_the-west-bank-assault-historical_Chalmette-LA.html
On December 25, 1814, American Major General Andrew Jackson began fortifying the Mississippi River's west bank. By January 8 it was defended by nearly a thousand Kentucky and Louisiana militiamen and several artillery batteries, some armed with ca…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TX9_battery-one-and-forward-redoubt-historical_Chalmette-LA.html
Located where the levee now sits, Battery 1 and a redoubt anchored the river end of the American defenses. On January 6, 1815, construction began on the redoubt, an enclosed defensive structure in front of the rampart. On January 8this area and th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TX8_the-kentucky-rifle-historical_Chalmette-LA.html
The longrifle, a distinctly American weapon developed on the frontier for accuracy and distance, was produced mainly in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, and Tennessee. It became known as the Kentucky rifle after the popular song "The Hunters of K…
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