Event record · naval
Louisiana · Gulf
Battle of Lake Borgne
14 December 1814
British boats defeat an American gunboat flotilla and clear the approach to New Orleans.
Participants
- British naval boats
- American gunboat flotilla
- local pilots and sailors
Outcome
The British captured the American flotilla and secured the lake approach.
Why it matters
The boat action made the New Orleans land campaign possible and complicates a story told only from January 8.
Location evidence
29.950, -89.600 · regional precision
Coordinates locate the named site, city, or broad region; they do not reconstruct unit movements.
Where it sits in the story
This record belongs to a connected military, political, and human sequence. The chapter supplies causes, consequences, competing perspectives, and the limits of the surviving evidence.
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Evidence behind this event
- Accounts of African American ServiceNational Park Service · public history
Free Black units and Black military service, including New Orleans.