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: -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-3: -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-4: -A major general in the War of 1812, Jackson became a national hero when he defeated the British at New Orleans.

Detailed explanation-5: -How did Andrew Jackson become famous? As leader of the Tennessee militia, during the War of 1812 Andrew Jackson decisively defeated the Creek Indians (allied with the British). His heroic defeat of the British in the Battle of New Orleans cemented his reputation as a war hero.