Battery Bienvenue

Bayou Bienvenue, from Lake Borgne, was the route used by the British late in 1814 to approach the city.

In 1826, the plan expanded to twenty-four 32-pounders and two 13-inch mortars with a garrison of one artillery company.

Eventually four buildings occupied the parade ground: barracks, officers quarters, a guardhouse, and an artillery magazine.

The battery was about 600 feet wide, with the guns pointed toward the mouth of Bayou Bienvenue (toward Lake Borgne) and was surrounded by a moat that connected to the bayou.

The battery was abandoned a few years after the American Civil War, in 1872.