Convey An Officer To Barataria

 

The object of that inconsiderable expedition appears to have been to sound the disposition of the in- habitants of the Floridas and Louisiana; to procure the information necessary for more important opera-tions, and to secure pilots to conduct the expedition on our coast and.in our waters, rather than to attemptany thing of importance. 

Colonel Nichols directed captain Lockyer of the brig Sophia, to convey an officer to Barataria with a packet for Mr. Lafitte, or whoever else might be at the head of the privateers on Grande Terre. 

Barataria Preserve

The Principal Point

Battlefield At Chalmette

Louisiana, which was particularly marked out as the principal point against which was to be directed a formidable British force, with a considerable extent of coast, numerous communications by water, and 

with hardly any fortified points, open on all sides, having in its neighbourhood a Spanish settlement 

freely admitting the enemy's ships, and a great proportion of whose population was disposed to aid him, had no force on which to rely for the defence of her shores, except six gunboats and a sloop of war. 

From the gallant defence made by the brave crews of these vessels, we may judge what would have been effected tby a number proportionate to the extent of coast to be defended. Fort Plaquemines, that of Petites Coquilles, and fort Bowyer at Mobile point, were the only advanced points fortified; and none of ihem capable of standing a regular siege. (Source)

Two Gunboats Lost In The Weeds

Swamp Near New Orleans, Louisiana

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Major Daniel Carmick's memorial at FindAGrave.

The Seat Of War In Louisiana And West Florida

Historical memoir of the war in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814-15...[General map of the seat of war in Louisiana and West Florida (excerpt)]:

Lewis G. De Russy (Officer And Graduate Of West Point)

There's a short biography of Lewis G. De Russy here that included the following:

" He was the oldest West Point graduate to serve as an officer in the Confederate Army, and he had three Confederate forts named after him. (He also had a brother and a nephew who were generals in the Union Army, and between the three of them there were five Fort DeRussys.)"

This blog post has a photo of De Russy here.

British Fleet Brought Into The Bay Of Pensacola

1836 Notices of Florida and the Campaigns. [With a map.],  By M. M. COHEN (Commander of Pioneers.)

Charles Gratiot Biography

Fort Gratiot Was Named For Charles Gratiot

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Also see Charles Gratiot delivers.

Concerns About The Calamities Of War

From Incidents in the life of Jacob Barker, of New Orleans, Louisiana: with historical facts, his financial transactions with the government and his course on important political questions, from 1800 to 1855.

Also see Jacob Barker, Financier In The War blog post.

Seat Of War - Louisiana & W. Florida

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Louisiana Landing

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Gilbert C. Russell

Source - Fold3

Baton Rouge

April 4, 1811

Cols Cushing and Sparks "in arrest" and their treaty

commence on the 15th

An unkind description of Major H. Mullen's wife

Whose reputation was known in St. Louis circa 1805

And Washington Cantonment circa 1809 or 1810

Russell Offered Himself To Be A

Chickasaw Agent 

Laying Within The Limits Of

Tennesse And Kentucky

Campaigns Of The War Of 1812 (Southwest)

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Battle Of Fayal

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"...Captain Reid...had indeed done wonders, for so great was the damage he inflicted that the fleet was forced to stay a week at Fayal burying the dead and caring for the wounded. That week's delay was most important, for the Rota, the Plantagenet, and the Carnation, on their way to Jamaica to join the expedition against New Orleans, were prevented by the fight at Fayal from arriving on time and so delayed the fleet of Pakenham that Jackson had time to defend New Orleans.

Captain Reid, by his splendid defence of the General Armstrong, may therefore justly be said to have contributed not a little to Jackson's great victory on the banks of the Mississippi. [Source]

Battle Of NOLA In Pictures

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Captain Robert Thurston

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Captain Thurston, a physician and man of prominence in his locality, recruited a company from Shelby and adjoining counties for service in the War of 1812. Shortly after organization, Captain Thurston's company proceeded under orders and reported to Colonel Presley Gray, who was in command of the Thirteenth Regiment Kentucky Militia. This regiment was under command of Major General Thomas, and shortly after being joined by Captain Thurston's company, moved southward to assist in the defense of New Orleans.

Descendants Of Bernard de Marigny

Source: Creole Families Book

"...Bernard de Marigny, of New Orleans, was a veteran of the war of 1812....".

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Aftermath Of The Fort Mims Massacre

Claiborne, knowing how imminent was the danger to the frontier settlements from the Indians, was determined to protect not only Mobile, but the entire Southern section. To all his appeals for immediate action against the destroyers of the garrison at Fort Mims, with his troops writhing under inaction and nursing with an implacable spirit their grievance against the Indians for the brutal massacre at Fort Mims, with the war already established and a certainty of Great Britain's and Spain's assistance thereto, he had received...[a]...reply from the commander at Mobile: [Source]

Bissell And The Louisiana Territory

Louisiana Territory

Upon the purchase of the province of Louisiana from France, President Jefferson appointed [Daniel] Bissell as military commander of that portion which today embraces the states of Missouri and Illinois. Promoted to colonel on August 15, 1812, and later to general on March 9, 1814, Bissell participated in the last engagement of the War of 1812, when he led the United States forces in the battle of Lyon’s Creek. After commanding posts at Mobile, New Orleans, and Baton Rouge in the South, Bissell retired from the Army in 1821. [Source]

Excerpt From Letter Sent By Bissell From Saint Louis, Missouri Territory (Fold3)

Action In The Battle Of New Orleans

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U.S. Marshall Duplessis

Chalmette Monument Commemorating The Battle Of New Orleans

From the U.S. Marshal's Service, History -   A Pirate, a Marshal, and the Battle of New Orleans:

"...Largely thanks to Jackson’s choice of position, good communication and resolve, the Americans won a decisive triumph."

"A sizeable portion of that good communication was carried forth by Marshal Peter Duplessis, and the United States will forever be the better for it."

Duplessis' pre-war activity mentioned: