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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3OP_the-battle-ends_Chalmette-LA.html
Seeing the massive disorder in Major General Gibbs' column, Major General Pakenham rode forward. While attempting to rally his troops and get the stalled attack underway, Pakenham was mortally wounded a few yards from this site. Major General K…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3OM_where-has-our-equipment-gone_Chalmette-LA.html
When the assault on the American rampart reached its height, the main British attack force found itself in front of the 44th Regiment which should have been in lead. Discovering that Colonel Mullens and the 44th Regiment had advanced 500 yards …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3OI_lethal-exposure_Chalmette-LA.html
The January 8 British plan proved easier conceived than to execute. Due to numerous delays, the attack did not start on time. About dawn, a rocket soared above the British lines near the woods on you right, followed by another rocket from their po…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3OH_british-strategy_Chalmette-LA.html
Major general Edward Pakenham's final plan was to charge Major General Jackson's position before daylight, to reduce the effectiveness of American artillery fire. The plan was complicated and depended on split-second timing and coordination. Th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3O0_rodriguez-canal_Chalmette-LA.html
This depression is the trace of an early mill race that divided the Chalmette and Macarty plantations, by the time of the Battle of New Orleans it was no longer in use and its banks had fallen in. Jackson's men built their mud rampart behind the c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3NZ_in-memory-of-major-samuel-spotts-u-s-a_Chalmette-LA.html
Who shot the first gun at the Battle of New Orleans Jan 8, 1815. Third Regiment Seventh Battery Artillery Corp. Born Nov 30, 1788 in New Orleans Louisiana.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3NY_the-battle-on-the-west-bank_Chalmette-LA.html
Discovering American militia and artillery on the west bank of the Mississippi River, British General Pakenham ordered Lieutenant Colonel William B. Thornton to lead an attack force across the river. Thorton was to capture the American guns and tu…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3NW_redoubt-and-battery-1_Chalmette-LA.html
The main American Position was nearing completion when a redoubt was constructed at the extreme right of the American line. It contained two artillery pieces that could rake the levee and canal. On the morning of January 5, 1815, 2000 British t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3NV_batteries-2-and-3_Chalmette-LA.html
On January 8, 1815, the guns positioned here fired at British counter batteries located almost ½ mile in front of you. During the battle, these guns caused heavy casualties as the British advanced along the levee road. The troops attacking…