The Battle Of New Orleans

The British chose New Orleans as their major objective, because of different reasons. One being they hoped they could separate Louisiana from the rest of the United States, also wanting control of the Mississippi river valley. Another main reason why they attempted to take over New Orleans was because they wanted to teach the United States a lesson. The British wanted to try and prove that they were the strongest military in the world. Then when they found out about the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon, who they had captured and defeated. They really got upset because they felt like Louisiana should be part of their ally’s territory, Spain.

Many Americans thought that the Civil War would end quickly. The division in the country would eventually be mended through the swift destruction of the opposing force. However, when the battles started raging, those Americans came to the realization that this war would be long and brutal. There was great uncertainty to who would win this war because the strengths and weaknesses of each side. However, there were many decisive victories that would affect the length and victor of the war. The Capture of New Orleans was one of those decisive battles for the Union Army. Through the Capture of New Orleans, the Union army was able to take away the most important city to the Confederacy, severely disrupting the flow of resources and losing control

     The War of 1812 was a war between Britain and the United States fought primarily in Upper Canada. It had many causes, few which involved British North America. The results of the war include the fact that there was no clear winner or loser among them. The only real losers in the situation were the Natives in the region. They were driven out of their lands and customs. None of the borders was changed by the war, though many attempts were made. The Treaty of Ghent, which ended the war, did nothing to advance the state of the countries. It went so far as to end the war and put things back the way that they were, but the main causes of the conflict were not addressed or dealt with. In order to evaluate the

The war of 1812 ended as a stalemate in 1814 when the downfall of Napoleon allowed the British to distribute more military resources to the war, Washington D.C., fell to the British in August. While In Washington, British troops burned the White House down, and other buildings in retaliation for the earlier burning of government buildings in Canada by the US soldiers. The British soon retreated, and Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor withstood a massive British continuous attack and inspired Francis Scott Key to pen the Star-Spangled

Under President Monroe’s presidency, the War of 1812 broke out and was ended through the Treaty of Ghent in 1812. News of the end of the war didn’t reach America until 2 weeks later so the Battle of New Orleans occurred and it consisted of Andrew Jackson defending New Orleans because the British was intending to snatch the city and hopefully divide Louisiana from the US. Jackson's army would end up killing 2,000 British soldiers including the chief. Jackson’s army didn’t have many casualties as only 8 of his soldiers died. This victory caused Americans to be happy and proud since throughout the War of 1812 there was just disappointments occurring. This victory would therefore start the Era of Good Feelings as people would be proud and would show it through things such establishing the National flag with stars resembling the states and the stripes that would resemble the original 13 colonies.

The Battle of Lake Champlain was an important victory because it convinced the British to surrender the War of 1812, which caused the US to gain worldwide respect. The Battle of Lake Champlain occurred when an American naval forces defeated a British naval fleet in September of 1814. It was at this point that Britain decided that it would be too expensive for the benefit they would receive to continue fighting the war. If they were to continue fighting the war it would cost them a large sum of money and they would not gain anything of real value to them. Because of this Britain surrendered the war shortly after and on December 24, 1814 a peace treaty called the Treaty

The Battle of New Orleans was not one single fight but many starting on December 24th, 1814 lasting until the main fight. The main fight of the Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8th, 1815 when British men aggressively

The War of 1812 was a war fought between the United States, United Kingdom and all of their allies which lasted roughly three years. It is considered to be “the second war for independence” and has had a large impact on how the United States has grown as a nation. There were many reasons for the start of the War of 1812. For instance, when the Revolutionary war ended and the Treaty of Paris was signed, the United States was promised western forts and Great Britain violated the treaty terms by refusing to give up the land. Great Britain was supplying guns and ammo and other arms to the Native Americans who were using this advantage against the United States.

The Battle of New Orleans was a decisive victory for the Union as not only did it show the might of their Navy, it also acted as a shield to block any foreign intervention in the war. New Orleans was a valuable southern port where a great deal of commerce occurred. In addition, New Orleans was the South’s largest city as well as one of the few cities in the South that boasted industry and businesses. Furthermore, this port was the only entrance from the Gulf of Mexico, into the massive Mississippi River. This importance made the port of New Orleans a major Union target as for the Union to follow their Anaconda Plan, they needed to capture all ports on the Mississippi River, starting with the entrance, New Orleans.

Attention! Major General Andrew Jackson has won the Battle of New Orleans! The casualties are almost unbelievable. The British lost seven-hundred men to death, and 1,400 men were wounded. On the other hand the American forces lost only eight men to death and thirteen wounded. Jackson’s troops consisted of volunteers from Tennessee and Kentucky and freed slaves; the count of these men was seven-thousand, five-hundred (7500) soldiers. Jackson marched his troops to New Orleans in order to defend it from an impending British attack. As morning fog lifted on January 1, the British guns thundered. The overconfident Americans were celebrating New Year’s Day with a parade. They scrambled frantically for their weapons as cannonballs hissed around them. At first the British guns had the upper

The War of 1812 was a long, drawn out, unnecessary war between the United States and Great Britain, which ended on odd terms and odd beliefs. Through the many battles and signed treaties, there never seemed to be a true winner.

The Battle of New Orleans mainly took place in December 1814. Technically, this war should not have happened, but it did due to failure of the news of the Treaty of Ghent reaching American shores in time. The Treaty of Ghent was signed to form a truce by European diplomats during the late stages of the War of 1812. The Battle of New Orleans was part of a larger, three pronged attack set by Great Britain, and its goals were to “…gain domain over the Mississippi River and hold the trade of the entire American South under its thumb”. The other two “prongs” of this large attack had been dealt with at the Battles of Baltimore and Plattsburgh. Major General Andrew Jackson would deal with the last one, at The Battle of New

Andrew Jackson led his brave U.S. infantry towards the most powerful army with uncertainty of who would make it back. “The Battle of New Orleans” is about a battle that ended the War of 1812, and Johnny Horton depicts this through using figurative language.

The Battle of Fort Charlotte or the Siege of Fort Charlotte was a two-week battle ran by Spain's General Brenardo de Galvez against the british guarding the port of Mobile.Fort Charlotte was the last remaining British frontier post capable of threatening New Orleans. Gálvez's army sailed from New Orleans aboard a small fleet of transports on a ship.The outnumbered British garrison resisted. In the end the british had to

The year was 1815 on a cold night. We had arrived at the bay of the New Orleans port. Straight ahead was a marshy land, the darkness overtaking it. Our boats hit land and we jumped on the mushy dirt. We pushed up through the darkness; then as we moved up a little more, an explosion of light came from ahead. A man dropped, and let out a loud yell. Then a light that could match the sun’s came from atop a large mound of dirt. A cracking sound flew by my head. I turned the man over and realized he had stopped breathing, and his bleeding halted. he had been shot. As we pushed toward the breastworks, men would peek up and take a shot, most hitting with extraordinary accuracy. For every shot they took, we lost one of our own.