January 8 in American History
General Andrew Jackson's ragtag force — regulars, militia, free Black soldiers, pirates, and frontiersmen — crushed a much larger British army outside New Orleans. Fought two weeks after a peace treaty had technically ended the War of 1812, the lopsided American victory made Jackson a national hero and gave the country a surge of pride.
In 1815: the Battle of New Orleans. General Andrew Jackson's ragtag force — regulars, militia, free Black soldiers, pirates, and frontiersmen — crushed a much larger British army outside New Orleans.
General Andrew Jackson's ragtag force — regulars, militia, free Black soldiers, pirates, and frontiersmen — crushed a much larger British army outside New Orleans. Fought two weeks after a peace treaty had technically ended the War of 1812, the lopsided American victory made Jackson a national hero and gave the country a surge of pride.
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