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Mandeville in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana — The American South (West South Central)
 

Battle of Lake Pontchartrain

 
 
Battle of Lake Pontchartrain Marker image. Click for full size.
October 14, 2016
1. Battle of Lake Pontchartrain Marker
Inscription. On October 16, 1779, the British living between "Bayou La Combe and the River Tanchipaho," surrendered to Captain William Pickles who had won a naval battle off this shore on September 10, 1779, and thereby ended the Revolutionary War in Louisiana.
 
Erected by City of Mandeville & Mandeville Bicentennial Commission.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Revolutionary. A significant historical date for this entry is October 16, 1779.
 
Location. 30° 20.944′ N, 90° 3.616′ W. Marker is in Mandeville, Louisiana, in St. Tammany Parish. Marker is at the intersection of Jackson Avenue and Lakeshore Drive, on the right when traveling west on Jackson Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 140 Jackson Ave, Mandeville LA 70448, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Pottery Hill (approx. half a mile away); Our Lady Of The Lake Church (approx. 0.7 miles away); Native Peoples (approx. 1.4 miles away); The Enslaved (approx. 1˝ miles away); Sugar Mill Operation (approx. 1.6 miles away); Fontainebleau Plantation Sugar Mill (approx. 1.6 miles away); Greater Mandeville Veterans Memorial (approx. 2 miles away); Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mandeville.
 
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Battle of Lake Pontchartrain Marker image. Click for full size.
October 14, 2016
2. Battle of Lake Pontchartrain Marker
A view of Lake Pontchartrain from the marker location image. Click for full size.
October 14, 2016
3. A view of Lake Pontchartrain from the marker location
Continental Navy Schooner <i>Hannah</i> image. Click for full size.
Painting by John F. Leavitt via National Museum of the U.S. Navy
4. Continental Navy Schooner Hannah
There is no image of the Morris but it may have been similar to this schooner.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on October 29, 2020. It was originally submitted on October 19, 2016. This page has been viewed 1,204 times since then and 48 times this year. It was the Marker of the Week October 14, 2018. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on October 19, 2016.   4. submitted on October 13, 2018, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.

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