USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On the night of March 26, 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson and a contingent of 3, 300 regulars, militiamen, Cherokees and Lower Creek camped six miles north of Horseshoe Bend.

Detailed explanation-2: -Why did Jackson enlist smuggler Jean Lafitte and his privateers in the fight at New Orleans? Lafitte and his brothers ran a lucrative smuggling operation in Louisiana before the War of 1812.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -On March 27, 1814, at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend (Tohopeka, Ala.), Jackson’s superior numbers (3, 000 to 1, 000) and armaments (including cannon) demolished the Creek defenses, slaughtering more than 800 warriors and imprisoning 500 women and children.