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English: JACKSON FORTIFIED A MUD RAMPART AND DITCH, CALLED THE RODRIGUEZ CANAL, 6 MILES SOUTH OF NEW ORLEANS, BETWEEN AN IMPASSABLE SWAMP AND THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. AN ARTILLERY DUEL ON JANUARY 1ST RESULTED IN THE BRITISH GUNS BECOMING SILENT. THEN ON JANUARY 8TH, 1815, PAKENHAM CHARGED WITH 5400 VETERANS OF THE NAPOLEONIC WARS. THE RESULTING SLAUGHTER RESULTED IN ABOUT 2500 BRITISH KILLED, WOUNDED, OR MISSING -- VERSUS ABOUT 300 ON THE AMERICAN SIDE.

This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in the United States of America. Its reference number is 66000889.

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Object location29° 56′ 31″ N, 89° 59′ 26″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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6 May 2007

29°56'30.998"N, 89°59'26.002"W

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