2OO YEARS AGO TODAY, ON SUNDAY, December 11, 1814, General Jackson inspected the defenses along the Gentilly Plain and ordered the erection of a battery at the junction of Bayou Sauvage with the Chef Menteur Pass between the lakes. He also ordered that an express connection be set up between the Balize and New Orleans.

On this day, the headmost ships of the Royal Navy's Expeditionary Fleet came in sight at the HMS Tonnant's anchorage off the Chandeleur Islands near the mouth of the Mississippi River. PLEASE CHECK OUT OUR SUPERB ANNOTATED CHRONOLOGY OF ALL THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE INCREDIBLE AMERICAN VICTORY AT NEW ORLEANS ON JANUARY 8, 1815. http://mobilebicentennial.blogspot.com