THE VIRGINIA DYNASTY 1801 1825
WAR OF 1812
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Question
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When there was not longer war
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Never
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During the battle of New Orleans
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Battle of New Orleans, (January 8, 1815), U.S. victory against Great Britain in the War of 1812 and the final major battle of that conflict.
Detailed explanation-2: -December 23, 1814 British Landing and Night Battle: A British advance force ascends Bayou Catalan (Bienvenue) and Villeré’s Canal to the Mississippi River, capturing 30 Louisiana militiamen posted in Villeré’s house as well as Maj. Gabriel Villeré, who subsequently escapes.
Detailed explanation-3: -Gen. Andrew Jackson’s hastily assembled army won the day against a battle-hardened and numerically superior British force. The resounding American victory at the Battle of New Orleans soon became a symbol of American democracy triumphing over the old European ideas of aristocracy and entitlement.
Detailed explanation-4: -British troops assaulting the earthworks were mowed down by the guns from the ships, which used enfilading fire to cut through the oncoming redcoats.
Detailed explanation-5: -Fort St. Philip, manned by an American garrison, defended the river approach to New Orleans. British naval forces attacked the fort on January 9 but were unsuccessful, withdrawing after ten days of bombardment with exploding bomb shells from two bomb vessels.