American battle line today

November 3, 1814

New Orleans – Two dragoons, emissaries of Major General Andrew Jackson, commanding the commanding the US 7^th Military District and tasked with defending New Orleans, leave the city with two journalists, Gérard and Matthew. At Fort Petite Coquilles near The Rigolets pass, the men board the brigantine Aleta and sail into the Gulf of Mexico, heading east. Harold, a British spy follows the men to the fort and hurries back to the city to send a report to the Royal Navy. The Americans have few, if any troops, in New Orleans.

from BATTLE KISS, Part 1, “The Redcoats are Coming” www.oneildenoux.net