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Maps
Also by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1: Freedoms at Risk
The Boy Becomes a Man
The City of New Orleans
Chapter 2: How to Lose a War
A Sense of Betrayal
The Long Trek Home
Chapter 3: The Making of a General
Caught in the Cross Fire
Marching to Battle
Jackson Takes Talladega
Chapter 4: A River Dyed Red
Battle Preparations
The Battle of Horseshoe Bend
Major General Jackson
Chapter 5: The British on Offense
The Negotiations: Ghent, Belgium
“Bloody Noses”
The Burning of Washington
A Message from the British
The British Proposition
Chapter 6: Jackson Unleashed
Waiting and Wondering
“Defence of Fort McHenry”
On to Pensacola
Meanwhile, in Ghent . . .
Back to New Orleans
Chapter 7: Target: New Orleans
Arriving in New Orleans
Meeting the General
Surveying the Surroundings
Chapter 8: Losing Lake Borgne
Patterson and Jones, USN
Gunning for the Gunboats
On Guard
Morning, December 14
The Fight
Chapter 9: The Armies Assemble
The Grand Parade
Men on the Move
The British Make Landfall
Partnering with the Pirates
Across the Sea, in Ghent
The British Approach
Bayou Bienvenue
A Daring Escape
“The British Are Below”
Chapter 10: The First Battle of New Orleans
Firefight!
Ground Attack
Counting the Dead
December 24, 1814
Chapter 11: The Defensive Line
London’s Christmas Gift
A Shattering Surprise
A British Assault
The New Year’s Day Artillery Fight
Silent Marching
A New Plan
The Quiet Before the Tumult
The Ursuline Nuns
Chapter 12: Day of Destiny
The British Ranks
The Bloodiest Parade
On the West Bank
A Flag of Truce
The Bloodied Field
Chapter 13: The British Withdraw
A Celebration in New Orleans
Unfinished Business
The Slow Pace of Peace
General Jackson’s War
Epilogue
The Hero’s Return: January 1840
Remembering the Battle of New Orleans
The General’s Last Stand
Photographs
Acknowledgments
Notes
For Further Reading
Index
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