January 2, 1815, New Orleans

Rodriguez Plantation – After a hard march of nearly seven hundred miles, the Kentucky Militia arrives to support Gen. Jackson. Excellent marksmen, they are in desperate shape, completely exhausted, starving, weaponless and barely clothed. They will be put behind the line as a reserve force.

de la Ronde Plantation – A dispirited Gen. Pakenham devises a new plan, an all-out attack along both sides of the river. He will await the arrival of his remaining troops coming with Gen. Lambert as well as more guns from the fleet. Bigger cannons. And he will need to extend Bayou Villeré to the river.

from BATTLE KISS, Part 3, “The Battle of New Orleans” www.oneildenoux.net