Download or read book Battle of New Orleans Sesquicentennial Celebration 1815 1965 written by United States. Battle of New Orleans Sesquicentennial Celebration Commission and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle of New Orleans written by Donald Barr Chidsey and published by New York : Crown Publishers [1961]. This book was released on 1961 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the events and effects of the War of 1812 and tells of the triumphal military career of Andrew Jackson.
Download or read book The Battle of New Orleans written by Robert V. Remini and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2001-05-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of New Orleans was the climactic battle of America's "forgotten war" of 1812. Andrew Jackson led his ragtag corps of soldiers against 8,000 disciplined invading British regulars in a battle that delivered the British a humiliating military defeat. The victory solidified America's independence and marked the beginning of Jackson's rise to national prominence. Hailed as "terrifically readable" by the Chicago Sun Times, The Battle of New Orleans is popular American history at its best, bringing to life a landmark battle that helped define the character of the United States.
Download or read book The Battle of New Orleans written by Zachary F. Smith and published by . This book was released on 2012-05 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Battle of New Orleans occurred on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase. The battle is widely regarded as the greatest American land victory of the war. This work provides a descriptive history of the Battle of New Orleans, including lists and rosters of those participants from Kentucky, with individual names, ranks and units. Paperback, (1904), repr. 2012, Appendix, Illus., Index, 241 pp.
Download or read book The Staff Ride written by William Glenn Robertson and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2014-12-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses how to plan a staff ride of a battlefield, such as a Civil War battlefield, as part of military training. This brochure demonstrates how a staff ride can be made available to military leaders throughout the Army, not just those in the formal education system.
Download or read book The Campaigns of the British Army at Washington and New Orleans written by George Robert Gleig and published by London : J. Murray. This book was released on 1836 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle of New Orleans written by Zachariah Frederick Smith and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814 15 written by Arsène Lacarrière Latour and published by . This book was released on 1816 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Orleans 1815 written by Tim Pickles and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 2004 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This fascinating book details the climatic battle fought after peace had been agreed, in which Andrew Jackson's motley army of US regulars, southern militia and volunteers beat off a British force of Peninsular War veterans commanded by Wellington's brother-in-law.
Download or read book The Battle of New Orleans written by Robert Vincent Remini and published by Viking Adult. This book was released on 1999 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: And finally, there is Jackson himself - tall, gaunt, shrewd, by turns gentle and furious, declaring, "I will smash them, so help me god!""--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book The Battle of New Orleans written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting written by participants on both sides *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents There are countless examples of battles that take place in wars after a peace treaty is signed. The last battle of the Civil War was a skirmish in Texas that Confederate forces won, nearly a month after Lee's surrender at Appomattox. But it's certainly rare for the most famous battle of a war to take place after the peace treaty is signed. Luckily for Andrew Jackson, the War of 1812 was that unique exception. Less than a year after his victory in the Battle of Horseshoe Creek, Jackson led his forces into a more important battle at the Battle of New Orleans. The British hoped to grab as much of the land on the western frontier as they could, especially New Orleans, which had a prominent position on the Mississippi River for trading. With more than 8,000 soldiers aboard a British fleet sailing in from Jamaica in early January 1815, the attack on New Orleans promised to be a significant one, while Jackson's men defended New Orleans with about half that number. This went on despite the fact that the two sides had signed the Treaty of Ghent on Christmas Eve 1814, which was supposed to end the war. However, the slow nature of bringing news from England to America ensured that the battle would take place anyway. At the beginning of the battle, Jackson and his forces were aided by the weather, with the first fighting taking place in heavy fog. When the fog lifted as morning began, the British found themselves exposed to American artillery. On top of that, Jackson's men held out under an intense artillery bombardment and two frontal assaults on different wings of the battle, before Jackson led a counterattack. By the end of the battle, the Americans had scored a stunning victory. Jackson's men killed nearly 300 British, including their Major General Pakenham and his two lead subordinates. More importantly, nearly 1500 additional British were captured or injured, and the Americans suffered fewer than 500 casualties. The British army had not been fatally wounded, but what the soldiers on both sides thought was the first battle in the Louisiana campaign was costly. The British thus decided that the continued campaign (which intended to conquer all of the Louisiana Purchase that Thomas Jefferson had bought just a few years earlier) would be too costly and end in defeat. Thus, on February 5th, 1815, the British retreated by sea, right around the time news was reaching the west that the war had ended. Though it was an enormous victory for Jackson and the Americans - the most important of the entire war - it proved to be a completely unnecessary one. The Treaty of Ghent had officially ended the war by keeping the status quo ante bellum. This essentially meant that both sides agreed to offer nothing, keeping things as they were before the war, and had the results been different, the British would have been compelled to hand the important port back over. Moreover, by the end of February, Napoleon had successfully escaped exile in Elba, ensuring the British would have to focus their war machine on the French leader who had bedeviled them for over a decade. Regardless, the nation much appreciated Jackson's skills and the Battle of New Orleans was forever christened as one of the greatest in American history. Jackson was honored with a "Thanks from Congress," which was then the nation's highest military honor. Despite the huge failures of the War of 1812 - the Americans lost almost every battle except New Orleans, and Washington D.C. was destroyed - the nation now had something to celebrate. Jackson was celebrated as a hero from the West, marking the first time a "Westerner" held a position of national prominence in the United States, and he would subsequently become one of the 19th century's most influential presidents.
Download or read book A Bloodless Victory written by Joseph F. Stoltz III and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: "a correct remembrance of great events"--"By the eternal, they shall not sleep on our soil:" the New Orleans Campaign -- "Half a horse and half an alligator:" the Battle of New Orleans in the Era of Good Feelings -- "Under the command of a plain Republican--an American Cincinnatus:" the Battle of New Orleans in the Age of Jefferson -- "The union must and shall be preserved:" the Battle of New Orleans and the American Civil War -- "True daughters of the war:" the Battle of New Orleans at 100 -- "Not pirate ... privateer:" the Battle of New Orleans and mid-20th century popular culture -- "Tourism whetted by the celebration:" the Battle of New Orleans in the 20th century -- A "rustic and factual" appearance: the Battle of New Orleans at 200 -- Closing: "what is past is prologue
Download or read book A Narrative of Events in the South of France and of the Attack on New Orleans in 1814 and 1815 written by Sir John Henry Cooke and published by . This book was released on 1835 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Battle of New Orleans written by Zachary F Smith and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-31 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Had it not been for these hostile acts of the British there would have been no War of 1812. Had they continued to treat the young republic with the justice and liberality to which they agreed in fixing its western boundary in the treaty of 1783, no matter what their motive may have been, there would have been no cause for war between the two countries.
Download or read book Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans written by Brian Kilmeade and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Another history pageturner from the authors of the #1 bestsellers George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. The War of 1812 saw America threatened on every side. Encouraged by the British, Indian tribes attacked settlers in the West, while the Royal Navy terrorized the coasts. By mid-1814, President James Madison’s generals had lost control of the war in the North, losing battles in Canada. Then British troops set the White House ablaze, and a feeling of hopelessness spread across the country. Into this dire situation stepped Major General Andrew Jackson. A native of Tennessee who had witnessed the horrors of the Revolutionary War and Indian attacks, he was glad America had finally decided to confront repeated British aggression. But he feared that President Madison’s men were overlooking the most important target of all: New Orleans. If the British conquered New Orleans, they would control the mouth of the Mississippi River, cutting Americans off from that essential trade route and threatening the previous decade’s Louisiana Purchase. The new nation’s dreams of western expansion would be crushed before they really got off the ground. So Jackson had to convince President Madison and his War Department to take him seriously, even though he wasn’t one of the Virginians and New Englanders who dominated the government. He had to assemble a coalition of frontier militiamen, French-speaking Louisianans,Cherokee and Choctaw Indians, freed slaves, and even some pirates. And he had to defeat the most powerful military force in the world—in the confusing terrain of the Louisiana bayous. In short, Jackson needed a miracle. The local Ursuline nuns set to work praying for his outnumbered troops. And so the Americans, driven by patriotism and protected by prayer, began the battle that would shape our young nation’s destiny. As they did in their two previous bestsellers, Kilmeade and Yaeger make history come alive with a riveting true story that will keep you turning the pages. You’ll finish with a new understanding of one of our greatest generals and a renewed appreciation for the brave men who fought so that America could one day stretch “from sea to shining sea.”
Download or read book The Battle of New Orleans written by Leonard Huber and published by Pelican Publishing Company. This book was released on 2011-12-02 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This written and pictorial history describes New Orleans during the early nineteenth century, with an emphasis on Andrew Jackson's presence in the city. The book begins with a drawing of the proposed layout for New Orleans from 1815 by Jacques Tanesse, a city surveyor. Following sections provide an explanation for such locales as the Place d'Armes, which comprise the Cabildo, the St. Louis Cathedral, the Presbytere, and the Pontalba Buildings. The volume provides a historical background for the Ursuline Convent; the U.S. Custom House; College d'Orleans, the first institution of higher learning in the city; and St. Louis No. 1, which was the only open cemetery at the time, among other sites. Descriptions of each establishment incorporate information about the architecture, along with its past and present status. Other New Orleans landmarks mentioned in the text include the Orue-Pontalba House and the Girod House. Firsthand testimony describes such scenes as Levee Street, a landing place for steamboats, and the Market-house, where buyers and sellers of various ethnicities exchanged goods. Period illustrations provide the reader with a visual reference.
Download or read book Battle of New Orleans Its Real Meaning written by Reau E. Folk and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-28 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reau E. Folk's 'Battle of New Orleans: Its Real Meaning' delves deep into the historical event that shaped the course of American history. The book not only recounts the details of the battle itself but also goes beyond the surface to uncover the underlying political, social, and economic implications of this decisive moment. Folk's writing style is scholarly and meticulously researched, providing readers with a thorough understanding of the context in which the battle took place. By exploring the real meaning behind the Battle of New Orleans, Folk offers a fresh perspective on a well-known event, shedding light on its significance in the broader scope of American history. With a keen eye for detail and a knack for storytelling, Folk's book is a must-read for history enthusiasts and anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding of America's past. Folk's expertise in American history and his passion for uncovering hidden truths make 'Battle of New Orleans: Its Real Meaning' a valuable addition to any history buff's bookshelf.
