And, Snow added enthusiastically, the battle is only part of the town’s involvement in the war that it is credited with bringing the new country together. Orleans is also the birthplace of ...

The Battle of New Orleans was the last ground battle of the War of 1812. Chalmette Battlefield National Park Service Guide Chad Hoing explained why the battle was such a devastating loss for ...

Battle of New Orleans. Ranger Lewis talked about the reasons for and the outcome of the Battle of New Orleans, the final battle in the War of 1812 that was fought at Chalmette Battlefield.

Today, the Battle of New Orleans is one of the most storied fights in American military history, known even to those who may know nothing else about the War of 1812 because the stakes were high.

Explore the complexity of the Battle of New Orleans and its lasting effects. ... On the 8th of January 1815, The war of 1812 was not over. A treaty had been signed at Ghent.

Mention the city of New Orleans and instantly images of Mardi Gras, the NFL's Saints or the destructive power of Hurricane Katrina come to mind. Few people think back to the War of 1812 and the ...

New historical research is shedding light on how pivotal the victory by Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson and his ragtag army of frontiersmen, Creoles, slaves and American Indians was at the Battle of New ...

At least, it should have, because one final battle was about to be fought: the Battle of New Orleans. Untold History - Video. ... the War of 1812 concluded with the Treaty of Ghent.

The Society of 1812 is an organization of men who are descendants of military personnel who participated in the Battle of New Orleans, or served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the War of 1812.

MONTGOMERY -- The last battle of the War of 1812 wasn't the Battle of New Orleans, at which U.S. troops led by Andrew Jackson defeated British troops on Jan. 8, 1815.

The new Ridley Scott movie Napoleon aroused some thoughts regarding the Battle of Waterloo, so famous in history and so well depicted in the movie, despite the film’s many historical inaccuracies.