Jean Lafitte
Historic Resource Study (Chalmette Unit) 		NPS Logo

ILLUSTRATIONS
sketch of houses
Illustration 36. Top: View of the Macarty plantation home, 1861. Bottom: The battleground area, showing Rodriguez Canal and the unfinished Chalmette Monument, 1861. (From Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the War of 1812 (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1868))

diagram of monument
Illustration 37. Diagram of Chalmette Monument, showing proposed addition, 1907. (From Alfred F. Theard, "Work of Completing the Chalmette Monument" (1907))

diagram of monument
Illustration 38. View of interior of new section of the Chalmette Monument, 1907. (From Alfred F. Theard, "Work of Completing the Chalmette Monument" (1907))

diagram of monument
Illustration 39. Top: Diagram of Chalmette Monument before completion in 1907-08. Note lighting rod at top. Bottom: Diagram showing structural changes made in the base of the monument, 1907-08. (From Alfred F. Theard, "Work of Completing the Chalmette Monument" (1907).)

Chalmette Monument
Illustration 40. Chalmette Monument as it appears today. (National Park Service)

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