NEW ORLEANS (WCSC) — U.S. Gen. Andrew Jackson achieved a major American victory in the War of 1812 at the Battle of New Orleans on Jan. 8, 1815, but after the treaty ending the war had been signed.
Fresh from his major victory at Horseshoe Bend, the recently promoted Major General Andrew Jackson began forming the most unusual army ever to defend American soil. Tennessee and Kentucky riflemen.
NEW ORLEANS — Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve is hosting the 211th annual commemoration of the Battle of New Orleans at Chalmette Battlefield; the last armed encounter between the U ...