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Jean Lafitte (c. 1780 – c. 1823) was a French pirate and privateer who operated in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century. He and his older brother Pierre spelled their last name Laffite, but English language documents of the time used "Lafitte".
The Buccaneer, a 1938 American adventure film made by Cecil B. DeMille starring Fredric March, was based on Jean Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812. The Buccaneer , a 1958 pirate - war film starring Yul Brynner as Jean Lafitte and Charlton Heston as Andrew Jackson , is a fictionalization of the privateer Lafitte ...
During World War I, when he was under 16 years old, Voignier adopted the alias Jean Pierre LaFitte in the employ of Colonel Ralph H. Van Deman, fighting for his elite group of raggedy "former criminals and morons" called the Army Counterintelligence Police (CIP), that would eventually become the United States Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID).
Greene, Jerome (September 5, 2004) [September 1985], "Chapter VI: Final Preparations", Jean Lafitte National Historic Park Historic Resource Study, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, [Buell says] The breakdown of Jackson's available strength on both sides of the Mississippi was as follows:
Although Jean Lafitte would later fight for America at New Orleans in January 1815, the squadron had operated against his pirates until ultimately being evicted from their base at Barataria on September 16, 1814 by Commodore Patterson. Six of his pirate ships were captured without a fight and around $500,000 worth of valuables were taken as prize.
Chalmette National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located within Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in Chalmette, Louisiana.The cemetery is a 17.5-acre (7.1 ha) graveyard adjacent to the site that was once the battleground of the Battle of New Orleans, which took place at the end of the War of 1812. [2]
Jean Lafitte was a French pirate and privateer. The name may also refer to: Jean Lafitte, Louisiana, United States, a town; Jean Lafitte Hotel, Galveston, Texas, United States, on the National Register of Historic Places; SS Jean Lafitte (1942), transferred to the United States Navy as the attack transport USS Warren, later a container ship
Jean Lafitte: c. 1780–c. 1823 French French pirate and privateer, Lafitte and his comrades helped General Andrew Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans that turned the tide of the War of 1812. Marcellin Marbot: 1782–1854 French