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SINK OR BE SUNK!



Maps By Sarah Foster

192 pp
$29.95 Hardback with Dust Jacket
© 2003 by Paul Estronza La Violette

Cover of, 'SINK OR BE SUNK!: THE NAVAL BATTLE IN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND THAT PRECEDED THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.'

Table of Contents

Preface ... 17

Chronology ... 23

Chapter 1
First Encounter ... 27

Chapter 2
Lieutenant Thomas Ap Catesby Jones ... 39

Chapter 3
Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane ... 55

Interlude
The Treaty of Ghent ... 67

Chapter 4
Commander Nicholas Lockyer ... 69

Chapter 5
Master Commandant Daniel Todd Patterson ... 83

Chapter 6
11 And 12 December: Preparations ... 93

Interlude
The Mississippi Sound And Lake Borgne ... 104

Chapter 7
13 DECEMBER 1814: DAY ... 109

Chapter 8
13 December 1814, The Battle In The Bay Of St. Louis ... 123

Chapter 9
13 DECEMBER 1814: NIGHT ... 130

Chapter 10
The Battle At St. Joe Pass ... 143

Chapter 11
Aftermath ... 157

Chapter 12
The Battle At Chalmette ... 169

Epilogue ... 178

  1. Lieutenant Thomas Ap Catesby Jones' Report To Commandant Daniel
    Todd Patterson ... 183
  2. Commander Nicholas Lockyer's Report To Admiral Sir Alexander
    Cochrane ... 188

  1. The Battle Areas Of The British Invasion ... 24
  2. The Route Of Captain Gordon ... 26
  3. The Routes Of The Gunboats ... 38
  4. 9 December 1814: Night.
    The Positions Of The British Fleet And The Gunboats ... 54
  5. The Three Possible Invasion Routes ... 64
  6. The Battle Areas For Mobile ... 74
  7. The Battle Of The Bay Of St. Louis ... 122
  8. 14 December 1814:
    Early Morning. The Gunboat Alignment ... 136
  9. The British / American Positions At
    The Start Of The Battle Of St. Joe Pass ... 142
  10. The Direction Of Flow During An East Setting Current ...148
  11. Changes In British / American Positions
    During The Battle Of St. Joe Pass ... 150

Art from, 'SINK OR BE SUNK!: THE NAVAL BATTLE IN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND THAT PRECEDED THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.'Art from, 'SINK OR BE SUNK!: THE NAVAL BATTLE IN THE MISSISSIPPI SOUND THAT PRECEDED THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS.'