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Chalmette National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located within Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Chalmette, Louisiana.The cemetery is a 17.5-acre (7.1 ha) graveyard adjacent to the site that was once the battleground of the Battle of New Orleans, which took place at the end of the War of 1812. [2]
In 1817, two years after the death of Lino de Chalmet, the 22-arpent Chalmette property was sold to brothers Hilaire and Louis St. Amand, wealthy free men of color. Under the St. Amands’s proprietorship, the property was returned to sugarcane plantation, and the brothers established the production facilities and servants quarters (the St ...
The Chalmette Battlefield and National Cemetery is located in Chalmette, Louisiana, six miles (10 km) southeast of New Orleans, on the site where the 1815 Battle of New Orleans took place. It is "an integral part of both the history of New Orleans and of the nation," according to National Park Service historians because the cemetery is one of ...
Today, the cemetery is situated within the Chalmette Battlefield, which is part of the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve. [21] There have been ground penetrating radar studies done to try to find evidence of individual graves, but the results were deemed inconclusive due to the burial depths of the bodies. [22]
In 2010, Rosier put together the U.S. 2nd and 99th regiments to participate in the Natural Bridge reenactment, to "put a real face on the battlefield," he said. "We try to give an accurate ...
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