The Battle of New Orleans at 200 - America's First Great Military Victory
January 10, 2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans and Andrew Jackson's famous victory over far superior British forces during the War of 1812. Acclaimed Jacksonian scholar Robert Remini documents in concise, captivating prose how Old Hickory welded a motley crew of fighters in the nick of time...and gave America its first great military victory.
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Battle of New Orleans, Robert Remini (2001 – 240pp)
An edge-of-your seats read about Andrew Jackson’s ragtag army of 3000 and humiliating defeat of 8000 British regulars that stirred and inspired a nation.