Battle of New Orleans
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Government and Politics, Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, War of 1812
- Curriculum: 19th Century European History, British History, American Early National History (1789-1815), Canadian History
- Geographical Location: Louisiana
- Date: January 8, 1815
Article abstract: Defeat of the British by U.S. troops restores pride in the nation and launches Andrew Jackson toward the presidency.
Summary of Event
For more than two years, Louisiana lay on the fringe of the Southern theater of the War of 1812. The campaigns were waged in Spanish Florida, where U.S. troops seized Mobile, and in the Mississippi Territory, where frontiersmen fought Creek Indians. The British blockade brought commerce to a standstill at New Orleans, but before late 1814, the war did not otherwise threaten its polyglot population....
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