USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On this day in 1815, Major General Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly equipped army to victory against 8, 000 British troops at the Battle of New Orleans. Jackson became a hero (and later the seventh president of the United States).

Detailed explanation-2: -But it was his unexpected victory at the Battle of New Orleans in early 1815 that thrust Jackson into both the public consciousness and history. He became the “Hero of New Orleans, ” a national symbol of an emerging American empire.

Detailed explanation-3: -During the Battle of New Orleans, about 50 Baratarians manned the guns on American battleships and operated the land batteries. Jackson and Lafitte got along so well that the privateer became Jackson’s unofficial aide-de-camp.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the Battle of New Orleans, future President Andrew Jackson and a motley assortment of militia fighters, frontiersmen, slaves, Native Americans and even pirates weathered a frontal assault in January 1815 by a superior British force, inflicting devastating casualties along the way.

Detailed explanation-5: -Andrew Jackson: the hero of New Orleans.