1845 depiction in Norman's New Orleans and Environs

ID: 3193 ~ Source: Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum.

This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: Old Ursuline Convent

The Ursuline nuns and citizens of New Orleans prayed in the chapel during the night of January 7, 1815 and into the morning of January 8, 1815.

This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: Old Ursuline Convent

Battle of New Orleans: Old Ursuline Convent

By Mary Ann Wegmann, Louisiana State Museum & University of New Orleans History Department

Almost 300 years ago, in 1727, the Ursuline nuns arrived in New Orleans at the invitation of Governor Bienville. While awaiting the completion of their convent in 1734, the Ursuline nuns established…