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1812-1815 War of 1812

Fought across North America, the War of 1812 pitted the young United States against the British Empire and its allies. These studies use period battle maps, correspondence, modern terrain analysis and firsthand battlefield exploration to examine naval clashes, frontier raids, and pitched battles from the Great Lakes to the Gulf Coast.

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⚔️ Battle of New Orleans, Louisiana,
08 January 1815

The Battle of New Orleans was a brief but memorable encounter between American regular and volunteer forces under Andrew Jackson, and a regular British force under General Pakenham. What the combatants didn’t know was that the peace treaty to end the war had been signed prior to the battle.