Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans by Kilmeade, Brian -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover 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