December 26, 1814
Plantations south of New Orleans – Gen. Jackson’s Choctaws
and Chickasaws murder British picquets near the swamp in the early morning
hours as the general sets up his headquarters in Macarté House, using the
Rodriguez Plantation House as a forward observation position. Gen. Pakenham
sets up his command at de la Ronde Plantation. First course of action, bring up
guns with heated shot to rid the river of the American ships whose cannons
command the battlefield.
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