Louis Guillaume, Valentin, Dubourg, Langlume, Lithograph

ID: 3369

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

Abbe Dubourg was offering Mass at the Ursuline Chapel on the morning of January 8, 1815, when a messenger ran in shouting "Victory! Victory!" Dubourg later presided at the Thanksgiving service at St. Louis Cathedral, requested by Major General Andrew Jackson.

Courtesy of the Collections of the Louisiana State Museum

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…