Cat Island, MS - British Armada anchored here in Dec 1814 to stage their attack on New Orleans

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Small boats were launched toward Bayou Bienvenu which was carelessly left unprotected with the exception of a handfull of sentries. The pivotal Battle of New Orleans occurred west of the Murphy Oil site along the Mississippi River on 8 Jan 1815. See 'Union 1812' 2006 by Langguth

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship_Island_(Mississippi)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_new_orleans
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Coordinates:   31°14'27"N   102°24'52"W

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  • It is called Cat Island because when the British landed here they mistook all of the racoons for cats.
  • Not the British, the French about 75 yrs earlier, thought they were cats.
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