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To: Charles Martel

Seriously doubt there were Cajuns at the battle of New Orleans.


50 posted on 04/23/2018 1:30:24 PM PDT by Romulus
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To: Romulus
Seriously doubt there were Cajuns at the battle of New Orleans.

I think it quite likely, actually, given that Jean Lafitte operated out of Barataria Bay. French Canadian Catholic settlers had been in that area for some time prior to the War of 1812.

I'm pretty sure Jackson used anyone willing to shoulder a flintlock to fight the British - Acadians included. Surely they had a good reason to fight the British.

71 posted on 04/23/2018 2:58:30 PM PDT by Charles Martel (Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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