THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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James Madison, Washington DC
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Thomas Jefferson, Baltimore
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Andrew Jackson, New Orleans
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Ulysses S. Grant, Tippecanoe
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Detailed explanation-1: -Just two weeks after the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. General Andrew Jackson achieves the greatest American victory of the War of 1812 at the Battle of New Orleans.
Detailed explanation-2: -James Madison, the fourth President of the United States (1809–1817).
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: -During the War of 1812 General Andrew Jackson led his troops through enemy territory to victory in several tide-turning battles.
Detailed explanation-5: -At the Battle of New Orleans in January of 1815, he soundly defeated the British. After the War of 1812, Jackson served in the First Seminole War, invading Spanish Florida and forcing a peace treaty.