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William Charles Cole Claiborne (c.1772/75 – 23 November 1817)
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| William C. C. Claiborne |
William C. C. Claiborne was born in Sussex County, Virginia. The date is unknown. His parents were Colonel William Claiborne and Mary Leigh Claiborne.
He studied at the College of William and Mary, then Richmond Academy.
Claiborne was appointed governor and superintendent of Indian affairs in the Mississippi Territory from 1801 through 1803.
William C. C. Claiborne was the first Governor of Louisiana and he supervised the transfer of Louisiana to U.S. control after the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. He governed the "Territory of Orleans" from 1804 through 1812, the year in which Louisiana became a state. He won the first election for Louisiana's state Governor and served through 1816, for a total of thirteen years as Louisiana's executive administrator.
After the Republic of West Florida won a short period of independence (from Spain) in 1810, Claiborne annexed the area to the Orleans Territory on the orders of President Madison, who decided to consider it as part of the Louisiana Purchase.
Claiborne was the first elected governor after Louisiana became a U.S. state, winning the election of 1812 against Jacques Villeré, and serving from 1812 through 1816. On the eve of the War of 1812 he sent interpreter Simon Favre to the Choctaws to attempt to keep them out of the war.[1]
After his term as governor, he was elected to the United States Senate, serving from March 4, 1817 until his death on November 23, 1817, which was 20 years to the day after his first day in Congress back in Tennessee.
Major General Jacques Phillippe Villeré
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| Jacques Phillippe Villeré |
Jacques Villeré (April 28, 1761 – March 7, 1830) was the second Governor of Louisiana after it became a state. He was the first Creole and the first native of Louisiana to hold that office. In 1814-1815, he served with distinction in the Battle of New Orleans, as a major general commanding the 1st Division of the Louisiana militia. His men stood fast, assigned to the area near Lake Borgne and Bayou Dupre, as British forces approached New Orleans by sea.
The Villeré plantation, Conseil, located downriver from the city, was overrun by the British army. His family's home was destroyed and he lost 52 slaves, whom the British took aboard their ships and freed later.
Major General Philemon Thomas
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| General Philemon Thomas |
Philemon Thomas (February 9, 1763 in Orange County, Virginia – November 18, 1847 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) Philemon was born in Virginia. He served in the American forces during Revolutionary War and later moved to Kentucky. He was a member of Kentucky's Constitutional Convention and served in the state House and state Senate. In 1806 he moved to Louisiana. He commanded troops, and as General Thomas on September 23, 1810 captured the Spanish fort at Baton Rouge, commencing the West Florida Rebellion of 1810.
Major General Philemon Thomas served in the War of 1812 commanding the 2nd Division of the Louisiana militia. He died in Baton Rouge in 1830 and is interred there in the Baton Rouge National Cemetery
June 18th, 1812
War was declared with Great Britain. The day after the Senate followed the House of Representatives in voting to declare war against Great Britain, President James Madison signs the declaration into law–and the War of 1812 begins. The American war declaration had been called in response to the British economic blockade of France, the induction of American seaman into the British Royal Navy against their will, and the British support of hostile Indian tribes along the Great Lakes frontier.
As early as July of that year Louisiana furnished 44 volunteers under the command of Captain George Thompson Ross.
In October 1812, other volunteers had joined Captain Ross to form the 1st Battalion of Louisiana Volunteers. Officers were:
- Major William Henry
- Captains :
- P. A. Rivery
- John Mowry
- Anatole Peychaud
- Esquire Mirepoix
- Ferdinand Amelung
- L. de Marans
- Abram Miller
- 1st Lieutenant's: Hugh Davis, George Russell, Noel G. Dupuy, Joseph Bige, J. P. Thebault, Francis Huet, Benjamin Bridges.
- 2nd Lieutenant's: David Hutchings, Adrian Fris Duval, John Koen, James McArther, John Files, W.R. Chambles, T.C. Vaughn.
- Ensigns: Curtis Lewis, Patrick McClosky, Robert Steele, Lewis W. Brant, John Booth, ___Ferrar; Surgeon: Peter Lambert.
Also included in this battalion was Captain Turby E. Thomas' Company of Mississippi Territory Volunteers.
Most of the 1st Battalion of Louisiana Volunteers, after a year enlistment, were dismissed in December 1813 and the officers joined the 44th U.S. Regiment.
February 15th, 1813
Responding to a request from the War Department Tennessee Major General Andrew Jackson assembled 3000 enlistees in Tennessee of the 2nd Division of that state and transported them downriver to Natchez. Jackson was ordered to hold his troops at Natchez. Jackson received an order from the War Department to dismiss his men. He marched them back to TN. They then preceded to participate in the Creek Wars in the Mississippi Territory where they served the remaining eight months occupied in bloody battle with the Creek.
Also the Mississippi Territory Volunteers which was comprised of a number of Louisianans and the 1st Battalion of Louisiana Volunteers returned from the Creek Wars to Baton Rouge March 22nd, 1814.
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| War of 1812 Louisiana |
Organization of the Louisiana General Militia
Ist Division- Major General Jacque Philippe Villere
- 1st Brigade- Brigadier General Jean B. Labatut
- 1st Regiment- Col. Jean B. Dejan (City of New Orleans and Fauborgs)
- 2nd Regiment- Col. Zenon Cavalier (City of New Orleans and Fauborgs)
- 3rd Regiment- Col. P. Denis de la Ronde (Plaquemines)
- 4th Regiment- Col. George W. Morgan (City of New Orleans and Fauborgs)
- 5th Regiment-Col. Alexander La Branche (County of German Coast- St Charles and St John the Baptist)
- 2nd Brigade-Brigadier General Stephen A Hopkins
- 6th Regiment-Col. Louis Landry (St. James, Acadia and Ascension)
- 7th Regiment- Col ___ Le Beuf
- 8th Regiment- Col Nathan Miriam, Iberville, West Baton Rouge 6 Jan 1815 – 5 Mar 1815 https://geauxguardmuseums.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2013.005.070_war_of_1812_muster_rolls_finding_aid.pdf
- 9th Regiment- Col ___ ___ (Point Coupe and West Baton Rouge)
2nd Division- Major General Philemon Thomas
- 3rd Brigade- Brigadier General Robert McCausland
- 10th Regiment- Col. Robert Young (Feliciana)
- 11th Regiment- Col. Philip Hicky (East Baton Rouge)
- 12th Regiment- Col. Abner Womack (St. Helena)
- 13th Regiment- Col. Thomas C. Warner (Florida Parishes east of Tangipahoa- St Tammany)
- 4th Brigade- Brigadier General Garrigues Flaujac (de Flaugeac)
- 14th Regiment- Col. Joshua Baker (St. Mary)
- 15th Regiment- ? (St. Martin)
- 16th Regiment- Col John Thompson (Opelousas)
- 5th Brigade Brigadier General ?
- 17th Regiment- Col. Joshua S. Johnston (Rapides)
- 18th Regiment- Col. James Bloodsworth (Natchitoches)
- 19th Regiment- Col. ? (Ouchita)
- 20th Regiment- Col. William Willis (Concordia and Catahoula)
- Cavalry
- Captain Hubbard's Mounted Company, Louisiana Militia
- Captain Odgen's Company, Dragoons, Louisiana Militia
- Captain Trudeau's Troop of Horse, Louisiana Militia
- Artillery
- Captain Colsson's Company, Artillery, Louisiana Volunteers
- Captain Allen's Company, Artillerists, Louisiana Volunteers
- Captain Griffith's Mounted Riflemen, Louisiana Volunteers
- Captain Lagan's Company, Louisiana Volunteers
Navy
- Captain Sprigg's Company, Boatmen, Louisiana Volunteers
- Captain Songy's Company, Marines, Louisiana Volunteers
Orleans Troops
Major Gabriel Villere , Louisiana militia [2]
Major Jean Baptiste Plauché headed the New Orleans uniformed militia
Major Pierre Jugeant and Choctaw Troops
Edward Livingston, committee of defense [3]
Jean Laffite and the " Frenchmen of Barataria"
- Captain Dominique Youx's Company
- 1st Lt. Renato Beluche
- Captain Dominique Youx's Company
General Jean Joseph Amable Humbert's Legion of Francs Voluntary Corps, which participated in the Battle of New Orleans
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| Free Men of Colour and Choctaw Indian Volunteers |
The First and Second Battalions of Free Men of Color
The First Battalions of Free Men of Color: Roster
The Second Battalions of Free Men of Color: Roster
- Major Dubourg
- Col Michal Fortier
- Col. Joseph Savary
- Sgt. Belton Savarie. "Sergeant Belton Savarie, 2d Battalion, Free Men of Color, Louisiana Militia 1814-1815 [was] one of the first identifiable black American Noncommissioned Officers [and] saw combat in operations attendant to the battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. He serves as an example of the countless numbers of Noncommissioned Officers from the Reserve Forces who rallied to America’s defense throughout our history. Sergeant Savarie made the supreme sacrifice to his country. He was mortally wounded and died on 10 January 1815. -DA Pam 623-205, The NCO Evaluation Reporting System "In Brief", 1988, foreword"[4]
- Captain Ferdinand Lioteau
- Captain Charles Forneret
Consolidated 10th and 20th Regiments
Consolidated 12th and 13th Regiments
- CAPTAIN
William Watson
- LIEUTENANTS
- Robert C. Ratliff 1st Lieut. Deceased 2 March 1815
- Robert Singleton 2nd Lieut
- SERGEANTS
- Robert Bratton
- John Repshaw
- Samuel Day
- John Carter
- CORPORALS
- Phillip Simms
- William Hickman
- Amos Hooper
- Nathan Quilling
- Brigade of Louisiana Drafted Militia and
- Brigade of Mississippi Drafted Militia- Brigadier David B. Morgan
U.S. Infantry
3rd Rifle Regiment – NC, VA, TN - Charlotte, NC, Bath Courthouse, VA, Gallatin, TN - New Orleans Campaign (Jan 1815) British Navy attack Fort Saint Philip on the Mississippi River commanded by Major Walter H. Overton of the Third Rifles.
7th Inf – LA, TN, MS - Eddyville, KY depot – New Orleans. General James Wilkinson was succeeded by General Thomas Flournoy. Gen. Andrew Jackson, succeeded him as commander in April 1814.
44th Inf – LA, TN - New Orleans, LA, Nashville, TN - New Orleans (Jan 1815)[5]
U.S. Navy
Commodore Daniel Todd Patterson[6], in command of the American naval forces, on learning of the approach of the British fleet, sent Lieutenant Thomas Ap Catesby Jones, with five gunboats, one tender, and a dispatch boat toward the passes out to Ship Island, to watch the movements of the British vessels. This little flotilla, barely enough for scout duty at sea, was the extent of our naval forces in the Gulf waters.[7]
American Flotilla
- U.S.S. Seahorse, Schooner,(Sailing-Master Johnson commanding)- Destroyed
- U.S.S. Alligator, Tender- Captured
- U.S.S. 156, Jeffersonian Gunboat (Captain Jones-36927 Thomas ap Catesby Jones' Ship)- Captured
- U.S.S. 163, Jeffersonian Gunboat- Captured
- U.S.S. 5, Jeffersonian Gunboat- Captured
- U.S.S. 23, Jeffersonian Gunboat- Captured
- U.S.S. 162, Jeffersonian Gunboat- Captured
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Jackson's Forces
On June 14 1814, Jackson was given commission of major general and appointment of military commander of the 7th Military District, headquarters in New Orleans. Major Henry Chotard was aide-de-camp to Major General Jackson and Assistant Adjutant General
Jackson would have a mixed force of regular soldiers, militia, Indians, Free Men of Color and Lafitte's privateers numbering about 4,000.
- Tennessee militia, 2,700 strong, reached Natchez, December 13, under Gen. William Carroll, whom Judge George Poindexter joined as an aide. The Mississippi Dragoons under Maj. Thomas Hinds, arrived at New Orleans just in time to take part of the first battle, December 23. The Natchez Volunteer Riflemen organized under Capt. James C. Wilkins, reached the city on the day of the battle of January 8, 1815, and took position on the field. Maj. Chotard, a gallant Mississippian, served on the staff of Jackson, and was wounded by a shell near the Villere mansion.
- November 18, 1814, General James Coffee was ordered to go directly to Baton Rouge on the Mississippi, which is about 60 miles below Natchez, and from the Tombigbee is about 250 miles. "I am now crossing the Bigby and will in two days take up the line of march for that place, with about eighteen hundred men, the balance of my command say about 1000 men will fall back and scour the Escambia and Cahaba rivers" "On the night of December 23rd, Gen Coffee sent a message to Jackson from fifteen miles above New Orleans, saying: "I am here with fifteen hundred armed and mounted men,"
Kentucky Regiments & the Battle of New Orleans
- On October 14th, 1814, (Kentucky) Governor Issac Shelby issued a call for men for the New Orleans campaign, and under that call three regiments of Kentucky Detached Militia were brought into the field and organized for that campaign, namely:
- 1. Gabriel Slaughter’s Regiment…
- 2. Gray’s Regiment, organized November 10, 1814, and commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Presley Gray, who resigned and was succeeded by Lieutenant-Colonel John Davis. The Majors were James Johnson, William Walker and Zeba Holt. The regiment had ten companies, with a total strength of seven hundred and twenty-one officers and enlisted men.
- 3. Mitchusson’s Regiment
“These troops were commanded by Major General John Thomas, with Brigadier General John Adair as his Adjutant General. The total strength of the Kentucky militia raised for the New Orleans campaign was two thousand two hundred and fifty-six. To these must be added the officers and men of the Seventh Regiment of United States Infantry (who were recruited in Kentucky), at that time four hundred and sixty-five strong, bringing the grand total of Kentucky troops up to two thousand seven hundred and twenty-one. Of these troops sixteen hundred and forty were on the firing line, and engaged in the Battle of New Orleans. One thousand and eighty-one of the Kentucky militia did not take part in the battle because they could not be furnished with arms." [8]
Routes to the Battle of New Orleans
Jackson arrived in New Orleans on Dec 1, 1814
- Jackson's Route From Mobile to New Orleans
- General John Coffee's Route to New Orleans
- General Carroll's Route to New Orleans
- General Adair's Route to New Orleans
September 1814 - April 1815
2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen: Col. Thomas Williamson
- MEN MOSTLY FROM: Bedford, Davidson, Robertson, Rutherford, Sumner, Williamson, Wilson, Giles, and Smith Counties
- CAPTAINS: Giles Burdett, James Cook, John Crane, John Doak, John Dobbins, John Hutchings, William Martin, Anthony Metcalf, Robert Moore, James Nealy, James Pace, Thomas Porter, Thomas Scurry, Robert Steele, Richard Tate, Beverly Williams
- They helped Jackson take the port of Pensacola from the Spanish on 7 November 1814. Williamson's men then participated in all of the engagements at New Orleans, where they were part of the left line of Jackson's breastworks. In March 1815 they returned to Tennessee via the Natchez Trace.
September/October 1814 - May 1815
1st Regiment of West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen: Col. Robert Dyer
- MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Dickson, Williamson, Bedford, Maury, Montgomery, Rutherford, Smith, and Stewart Counties
- CAPTAINS: Bethel Allen, Ephraim D. Dickson, Robert Edmonston, Robert Evans, Cuthbert Hudson, Thomas Jones, James McMahon, Glen Owen, Thomas White, Joseph Williams, James Wyatt.
- Part of Coffee's brigade at New Orleans, most of this regiment took part in the night battle of 23 December 1814. Portions of this regiment also participated in the capture of Pensacola from the Spanish in West Florida (7 November 1814).
2nd Regiment of West Tennessee Militia; Col. John Cocke
- MEN MOSTLY FROM: Montgomery, Williamson, Dickson, Hickman, Robertson, Rutherford, and Stewart Counties
- CAPTAINS: George Barnes, Samuel Carothers, Richard Crunk, John Dalton, Francis Ellis, James Gault, James Gray, Bird Nance, Joseph Price, John Weakley
- This regiment was one of three West Tennessee militia units at New Orleans under the command of Major General William Carroll. They were part of the flotilla that went down to New Orleans via the Cumberland, Ohio, and Mississippi Rivers. Colonel Cocke was sheriff of Montgomery County at the time of war. He is not to be confused with Major General John Cocke of East Tennessee who commanded the 1st Division and was counterpart to Andrew Jackson -- Jackson commanding the 2nd Division.
3rd Regiment West Tennessee Militia Infantry; Col. James Raulston
- MEN MOSTLY FROM: Jackson, Sumner, Wilson, Overton, Smith, and White Counties
- CAPTAINS: James A. Black, Matthew Cowen, Henry Hamilton, Elijah Haynie, Wiley Huddleston, Matthew Neal, Daniel Newman, Edward Robinson, Charles Wade, Henry West
- Part of Major General William Carroll's division at the battles for New Orleans. General Carroll's report of the battle tells that Captains Elijah Haynie and Matthew Neal "had the honor of receiving and repelling the attacks of the British forces."
5th Regiment of East Tennessee Militia; Col. William Metcalf
- MEN MOSTLY FROM: Davidson, Bedford, Franklin, Lincoln, Maury, Warren, and Giles Counties
- CAPTAINS: John Barnhart, Daniel M. Bradford, Barbe Collins, John Cunningham, Lewis Dillahunty, Alexander Hill, Bird S. Hurt, John Jackson, Thomas Marks, William Mullen, Andrew Patterson, William Sitton, Obidiah Waller
- Part of the division under Major General William Carroll's at New Orleans, this regiment comprised the right section of Carroll's line at the breastworks at Chalmette. Captain Daniel Bradford led the elite corps known as "Carroll's Life Guard." The division reached New Orleans in mid-December 1814 after an excursion down the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi Dragoons under Maj. Hinds, arrived at New Orleans just in time to take part of the first battle, December 23.
The Natchez Volunteer Riflemen organized under Capt. James C. Wilkins, reached the city on the day of the battle of January 8, 1815, and took position on the field
West Bank Forces
Brig General Daniel B. Morgan. He was surveyor-general of Louisiana and Mississippi, and commanded the militia of those states under General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, with the rank of brigadier-general. [9]
- 1st Regiment. 1st Division, Louisiana Drafted Militia; Col Jean B, DeJan
- 2nd Regiment. 1st Division, Louisiana Drafted Militia; Col. Zenon Cavalier
- 6th Regiment. 1st Division, Louisiana Drafted Militia; Col. Alexander DeClouet
- The Natchez Volunteer Riflemen;Capt. James C. Wilkins
- Kentucky Militia; Col. John Davis
- Militia Artillery; Midshipman Philebert, USN, Captain Batique
- Naval Artillery; Commodore Daniel Patterson, USN
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| Naval Battle of Lake Borgne, Louisiana |
The British Invasion Force
Including artillerists, marines, and others, seamen of the ships' crews afloat, there were not fewer than eighteen thousand men, veterans in the service of their country in the lines of their respective callings, to complete the equipment of this powerful armada.
93rd Highlander
- Ninety-third Regiment—1,100 men
- Highlanders, Lieutenant-colonel Robert Dale 1,100 by regulations, all men of this regiment had to be 6 feet or taller
Fourth Regiment—750 men
- King's Own, Lieutenant-colonel Francis Brooke
Seventh Regiment—850 men
- Royal Fusiliers, Lieutenant-colonel Edward Blakency
British Light Dragoons
- Fourteenth Regiment—350 men
- Duchess of York's Own Light Dragoons made up of 2 calvary squadrons Lieutenant-colonel C.M. Baker
Twenty-first Regiment—900 men
- Royal Fusileers, Lieutenant-colonel W. Patterson
Fortieth Regiment—1,000 men
- Somersetshire, Lieutenant-colonel H. Thornton
Forty-third Regiment—850 men
- Monmouth Light Infantry, Lieutenant-colonel Patrickson
Forty-fourth Regiment—750 men
- East Essex, Lieutenant-colonel Thomas Mullen
Eighty-fifth Regiment—650 men
- Buck Volunteers, Lieutenant-colonel William B. Thornton
Ninety-fifth Regiment—500 men
- Rifle Corps, Major Samuel Mitchell
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| Royal Marines |
First Regiment--700 men
- West India (colored), Lieutenant-colonel C.W. Whitby
Fifth Regiment-700 men
- West India (colored), Lieutenant-colonel A.M.K. Hamilton
A detachment from the Sixty-second Regiment -50 men
Rocket Brigade, Artillery, Engineers, Sappers and Miners
- 1,500 men
Royal Marines and sailors from the fleet
- 3,500 men
Total 14,450 [10]
The Spy Who Led the British to the Back Door of New Orleans in 1814
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| The Battle of New Orleans in 1815 |
Battle of New Orleans
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"The following document is a transcription of several thousand names of people who participated on the American side of the Battle of New Orleans. The troop rosters for the New Orleans campaign, including the Battle of New Orleans, were compiled at various times after the battle, mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, from various sources. typed and hand written lists created over the years - were not digitally searchable. Additionally, due to the poor condition of the troop roster lists, they could not be scanned and made searchable. To ensure a better experience for its visitors, the National Park Service, along with the University of New Orleans and Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies, has made the available troop rosters digitally searchable. This enormous transcription project has been completed with the help of the University of New Orleans and the Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies. These institutions provided the internship and funding to complete the transcription process."[11]
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| Final American Muster and Troop Roster List |
The following is an earlier compilation of typed and hand written lists created over the years that were not digitally searchable.
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| NPS Roster for the Battles of New Orleans |
Headstones, Chalmette National Cemetery Updated
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From "Louisiana in the War of 1812", by Powell A. Casey. 2nd Division, 12th & 13th Regiments Consolidated of Louisiana Militia (Florida Parishes, Section East of Amite River, 1814 - 1815)
Special Collections Tulane University
Folder 10: Louisiana Militia morning reports, 1815 Daily reports for detachments of Louisiana Drafted Militia and Louisiana Militia stationed at Jourdan's Canal and at Camp Morgan under the command of Colonel Alexander DeClouet, Colonel Thomas C. Warner, Colonel Robert Young, Colonel William Willis, and Lieutenant Robert Draughon, for the period 1815 January-March.[12]
Folder 18: H. Tatum journal, 1814-1815Add to your cart. Major H.O. Tatum's journal while acting topographical engineer (1814) to General Andrew Jackson commanding the seventh military district. He describes in detail the defense of New Orleans against the British. Also contains descriptions of Pensacola and Mobile. Introduction by William Beer. Copy is available in the Louisiana Research Collection Stacks, call number 976.3T221 M .[13]
Folder 19: William L. Haskin compiler, listing of United States Army officers, undated. Add to your cart. Rosters and military records of the officers of the seventh and forty-fourth regiments of infantry United States Army for 1815 January 1, together with the names and records of the staff officers and of the line officers of other regiments who were actually present at the siege of New Orleans in 1814 December and 1815 January.Contains preliminary notes and lists of names of officers of the seventh, twelfth, and forty-fourth regiments and the third United States Rifles. Typescript. Haskin was a major in the first United States Artillery.
http://www.crt.state.la.us/assets/education/edreference/deskreference.pdf
| Name | Branch | Rank | Unit |
| Blackburn, Gabriel | Militia | Private | Mounted Riflemen (Griffith's) |
| Brumfield, Ridley | Militia | Corporal | 12th and 13th Consolidated Regiment |
| Simmons, John | Militia | Private | 13th Regiment, Captain William Bickham's Co. |
| Smith, Tobias | Militia | Private | 10th Regiment, Captain Roger's Co. Infantry, Captain Thomas Neasom's Co. |
Resources
NPS Roster for the Battles of New Orleans
Curriculum Text for the Battle of New Orleans A study guide for classrooms by developed for the Battle of New Orleans Bicentennial Commission
Louisiana War of 1812 Pension Lists. Images of pension lists for years 1812-1815, recorded between 1873 - 1879. Some lists are arranged in alphabetical order by surname. Includes lists of veterans and lists of claimants.
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| Battle of New Orleans Monument at Chalmette |
The United States Daughters of 1812 led the efforts to complete the monument. Land for the monument was purchased in 1852, but decades of funding and construction problems followed, and the monument was not completed until 1908. Maintenance was turned over to the Chalmette Chapter, United States Daughter of 1812, and in 1939 the monument and surrounding land became part of the National Park Service as Chalmette National Historical Park, the first site of what would later become Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. The 100-foot-tall obelisk has become a major landmark in St. Bernard Parish.
Sources
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Favre
- ↑ http://louisdl.louislibraries.org/cdm/ref/collection/LWP/id/10005
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Livingston
- ↑ http://www.ncohistory.com/Quotebooks/Training/Teamwork,%20Cohesion,%20and%20Espirit.htm
- ↑ http://mymilitaryhistory.blogspot.com/2009/05/war-of-1812-us-army-infantry-rangers.html
- ↑ http://www.navalhistory.org/2014/01/08/jan-8-1815-battle-of-new-orleans
- ↑ http://archive.org/stream/battleofneworlea00smit/battleofneworlea00smit_djvu.txt
- ↑ Kentucky in the War of 1812 By Anderson Chenault Quisenberry page 135
- ↑ David B. Morgan papers, 1814-1849 | Louisiana Research Collection
- ↑ E Book:The Battle of New Orleans by Z. F. Smith
- ↑ NPS Roster for the Battles of New Orleans
- ↑ http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=395&q=&rootcontentid=83284#id83284
- ↑ http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/archon/index.php?p=collections/findingaid&id=395&q=&rootcontentid=83284#id83284
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Marcus Bruce Christian, Negro Soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans (The Battle of New Orleans 150th Anniversary Committee of Louisiana 1965)
William C. Davis, The Pirates Laffite: the Treacherous World of the Corsairs of the Gulf (Harcourt 2005)
Ed Gilbert, Frontier Militiaman in the War of 1812: Southwestern Frontier, Adam Hook, illustrator (Osprey 2008)
Tom Kanon, Tennesseans at War, 1812–1815 (University of Alabama Press 2014)
Rosemarie Fay Loomis, Negro Soldiers, Free Men of Color in the Battle of New Orleans, War of 1812 (Aux Quartres Vents 1991)
Roland C. McConnell, Negro Troops of Antebellum Louisiana: A History of the Battalion of Free Men of Color (Louisiana State University Press 1968)
Marion John Bennett Pierson, compiler, Louisiana Soldiers in the War of 1812 (1963; reprinted for Clearfield Co. by Genealogical Pub. Co. 2003)
Elbert L. Watson, Tennessee at the Battle of New Orleans (The Battle of New Orleans 150th Anniversary Committee of Louisiana 1965
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