1815

 

The unnecessary Battle of New Orleans. 

January 8: According to Coffin, Jackson’s defenses were manned by a battalion of free Negroes and even a few French veterans of earlier wars with Napoleon. The “battle” was a massacre: 2,036 British killed and wounded, American losses 21.

NOTE TO TEACHERS: Most pictures used on this blog are from the blogger’s own collection, as are these four, related to the Battle of New Orleans. 

Feel free to use any you like.

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Ammon says that both Madison and Monroe came to the realization that the nation must never again be left exposed, “as a result of the traditional Republican antipathy to military and naval expenditures.” During the war, 3,500 slaves had been removed by British forces, and American negotiators expected Britain to pay for the loss. 

That dispute dragged on until 1823, when it was submitted to the Czar of Russia for arbitration. (See: 1823)