12/25/2023 0 Comments 1812; the navy's war![]() President Madison, who is one of the great Americans of all time, is no longer as great. Even worse, while we had the excuse of impressement, we caused it, we weren't the victims. At best the US achieved a draw, and if we did win, France is due the credit for drawing off the bulk of the English forces. ![]() ![]() I come away with a quite different opinion now. I was told in school and in Bill Murray's famous line, "We're Ten-and-one," that the US was the victim and the winner of this conflict. But don't rush in too fast, it's not a pretty picture. The seas are where the US enjoyed most of their victories, but this reading covers the land battles, the issues that led to the conflict, and what was happening in Europe coincidentally, a very, very thorough review of the events. By carefully choosing his ground, Jackson forced the British to make futile attacks on well-fortified positions, and defeated the British in a lopsided victory.Īdded to his fame as an Indian fighter, this brilliant action propelled him to national prominence and ultimately to election as president in 1828.This is a fabulous history of the entire War of 1812, not just the naval conflict. This hodgepodge of 4,000 soldiers was crammed behind narrow fortifications to fight an army more than twice that number. Army units, Jackson counted on New Orleans militia, a sizable contingent of former slaves, Choctaw Indians, Kentucky and Tennessee frontiersmen, and a colorful band of Jean Lafitte's pirates. ![]() Never has a more diverse army fought under the Stars and Stripes. The citizens of southern Louisiana looked to Major General Andrew Jackson, known by the knickname “Old Hickory.” Jackson arrived in New Orleans in the late fall of 1814 and quickly prepared defenses along the city's many avenues of approach. Buoyed by the burning of the capital, the British were sure a defeat was at hand. In the last major battle of the war, Britain brought a naval flotilla of some fifty ships filled with 10,000 troops to seize New Orleans. ![]()
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