place record
Louisiana · Lower Mississippi
Chalmette
Defensive line below New Orleans
Jackson’s coalition defended the Rodriguez Canal line against the main British assault on January 8, 1815.
Why this record matters
The landscape helps explain the battle’s asymmetrical losses while the participants reveal the city’s multiracial and imperial world.
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Evidence behind this record
- Accounts of African American ServiceNational Park Service · public history
Free Black units and Black military service, including New Orleans.
- Choctaw Recruits Fight with the U.S. ArmyNational Park Service · public history
Choctaw participation in the New Orleans campaign.