Historical Memoir of The War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814 - 15. With an Atlas. Expanded Edition. Edited with an Introduction by Gene A. Smith. [With]: Atlas to the Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana by Major A. Lacarriere Latour, Principal Engineer in the Late Seventh Military District United Sates’ Army. Containing: Plate II. A General Map of the seat of War in Louisiana and West Florida showing all the fortified points and encampments of both the American and British armies, also the march of General Jackson’s army on his expedition against Pensacola. Plate III. Plan showing the Attack made by a British squadron on Fort Bowyer at Mobile Point on the 15th September 1815. [Ed. note: The year should be 1814. It is wrongly inscribed on the map.] Plate IV. Plan of the Attack made by the British barges on Five American gun boats on the 14th December 1814. Plate V. Map showing the landing of the British army, its several encapments and fortifications on the Mi

Gainesville: The Historic New Orleans Collection, (1999). Octavo, navy blue cloth (hardcover), xlii + 358 pp. Fine (New) in Fine (New) dust jacket with Fine (New) envelope containing maps. From dust jacket: Widely regarded as the best eyewitness account of the Battle of New Orleans, Arsene LaCarriere Latour’s HIstorical Memoir records first-hand the dramatic events of the climactic military campaign of the War of 1812. This revised and expanded edition includes a substantial new biographical introduction based on a group of manuscripts relating to the battle recently acquired from Latour’s descendants in France. Only months after the battle ended, Latour, who was General Andrew Jackson’s principal army engineer, began interviewing witnesses and key participants in order to create a comprehensive record based on first-hand accounts. The works’ most significant value derives from these accounts -- of numerous individuals who participated in a crucial momen in the history of the United States -- reproduced in the book’s appendix. As the first full-length treatment of the New Orleans campaign, the book also offers perceptive analysis of battle preparations, terrain, and strategy by the man who designed many of the American defenses. This new edition also includes nine three-color maps illustrating the course of the battle. Latour characterized it as a conflict “which preserved our country from conquest and desloation.” As a key figure in the conflict who knew many of the other main actors and personally collected their reports and observations, Latour provides a record which will never be replaced. (Inventory #: 61329bd)