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Show REALLY USED COTTON BALcS Popular Idea Concerning Battle xf New Orleans Hat Been Found to Be Correct. Interest in the slumbering cotton-bale cotton-bale theory of the battle of New Orleans Or-leans was aroused by the finding of a water-color picture map of the original battle plan in an abandoned trunk in the celler of the St. Charles hotel. Little is known about the drawing or the other contents of the trunk which has remained unnoticed for years In a dark corner. Five veterans of the battle have added their signatures to the remarkable remark-able map to attest the fact that It is a true representation of the battle plan as made under the direction of Andrew Jackson by his military engineer, engi-neer, H. Laclotte. It shows a line of cotton bales which a marginal note says was 1.000 feet long with a pro-longment pro-longment extending 600 feet into the woods. Some historians deny the story about the use of cotton bales. The live veterans who say they fought behind cotton halos were Joseph Jo-seph St. Cyr, Jean Laniothe, P. M. I-apiee, Charles Raymond and Jean Gervais. Pen pictures of these men appear in the footnotes. The finding of the picture Is timely, time-ly, says the New Orleans Item, as It will he of service for the staging m the battle, which is to be one of the leading features of the Exposition of Big Ideas. |