Account of New Orleans
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A New Yorker described St. Louis Cathedral in 1849 as a “little squat edifice” with “a cow-bell in its tower,” where Jackson and his troops “knelt in reverential posture” after their victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
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This file appears in: Battle of New Orleans: St. Louis Cathedral
Battle of New Orleans: St. Louis Cathedral
Facing Jackson Square and the Mississippi River, the Cathedral-Basilica of St. Louis, King of France, is the oldest Catholic cathedral in continual use in the United States. With its three steeples,…