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THE Battle of New Orleans
INCLUDING THE Previous Engagements between the Americans and the British, the Indians, and the Spanish which led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815 BY ZACHARY F. SMITH PREFACE INTRODUCTION ILLUSTRATIONS The Battle of New Orleans
Gulf Coast Campaign, Preceding the Final Struggle. General Jackson Assumes Command of the Seventh Military District of the Southwest. Battle at Mobile Bay—the British Repulsed. Assault and Capture of Pensacola, the Spanish Capital of Florida—the British Driven To Sea. Lafitte, the Pirate of the Gulf, and His Sea-rovers, Loyal To the American Cause. Jackson Arrives in New Orleans. Battle of the Gunboats With the Fleet of Barges. Jackson Declares Martial Law. To the Citizens of New Orleans. Bayou Bienvenue and the British Spies of The Fishermen's Village. Five Thousand British Troops enter Bayou Bienvenue and Land near Villere's Plantation. Jackson Determines To Attack—bloody Night-battle of the Twenty-third of December. Jackson Entrenches at Rodrique's Old Canal Site. The Ship Carolina Burned With Hot Shot—Artillery Duel on the Twenty-eighth. Defenses on the West Bank of the River. A Second Attempt To Breach the American Works, on the First of January—Great Artillery Duel. A View From the Enemy's Standpoint. Tennessee and Kentucky Troops Arrive—Government Censured for Neglect. Jackson's Entrenched Line, and the Positions of the Troops and Artillery. The artillery was distributed on the line as follows: The Battle of Sunday, the Eighth of January. An English Officer's Account of the Battle. British Excuses for Defeat. Battle of the Eighth of January on the West Bank of the River. Defensive Works and Forces on the West Bank, Opposite Jackson's Camp. The British Cross the River and Land at Daybreak; They Begin the Attack—The Battle and Retreat. "The Kentuckians Ingloriously Fled"—A Profound Sensation. A Court of Inquiry Appointed by the Commander-in-chief Exonerates the Kentuckians. Controversy Between Jackson and Adair. The Covert Retreat of the British. Repulse of the British Fleet Before Fort St. Philip. An English Soldier's View of Defeat. Second Attack on Fort Bowyer, Mobile Bay. Negotiations for Peace Concluded on the 24th of December, 1814. Legislature Suppressed Under Martial Law—Charges Of Treasonable Utterances. General Jackson—Clash with the Court. England's Purpose to Conquer and Hold Possession of the Territory Ceded by Napoleon, and to Establish Her Dominion in the Mississippi Valley. Just Like Jackson. Humiliation of England. Death of Lord Pakenham. British Soldiers Won Laurels in European Wars. General Andrew Jackson. Isaac Shelby, Governor of Kentucky. General John Adair. Colonel Gabriel Slaughter. Kentucky's Contribution To the War of 1812-15.
APPENDIX
LIST OF KENTUCKIANS IN THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS I
Roll of Field and Staff, Mitchusson's Regiment of Kentucky Detached Militia, War of 1812, Commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel William Mitchusson CAPTAIN THOMAS GRIFFIN'S COMPANY CAPTAIN ROBERT SMITH'S COMPANY CAPTAIN THOMAS STERRETT'S COMPANY CAPTAIN SAMUEL F. MALONE'S COMPANY CAPTAIN JOHN C. DODD'S COMPANY CAPTAIN EDWARD WILBURN'S COMPANY CAPTAIN ROBERT PAXTON'S COMPANY CAPTAIN JAMES ROBISON'S COMPANY CAPTAIN ALMY McLEAN'S COMPANY CAPTAIN ROBERT PATTERSON'S COMPANY
II
Roll of Field and Staff, Slaughter's Regiment, Kentucky Detached Militia, War of 1812, Commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Gabriel Slaughter CAPTAIN GEORGE McAFEE'S COMPANY CAPTAIN JOHN EVANS' COMPANY CAPTAIN LEONARD P. HIGDON'S COMPANY CAPTAIN JONATHAN OWSLEY'S COMPANY CAPTAIN JOHN FARMER'S COMPANY CAPTAIN ADAM VICKERY'S COMPANY CAPTAIN WILLIAM WOOD'S COMPANY CAPTAIN WILLIAM WADE'S COMPANY CAPTAIN EDWARD BERRY'S COMPANY CAPTAIN WILLIAM PHILIPS' COMPANY
III
Roll of Field and Staff, Davis's Regiment, Kentucky Detached Militia, War of 1812, Commanded by Lieutenant-colonel Presley Gray CAPTAIN ROBERT THRUSTON'S COMPANY CAPTAIN THOMAS JOYES' COMPANY CAPTAIN WILLIAM WALKER'S COMPANY CAPTAIN JOSEPH FUNK'S COMPANY CAPTAIN ZIBA HOLT'S COMPANY CAPTAIN WILLIAM GANAWAY'S COMPANY CAPTAIN JACOB PEACOCK'S COMPANY CAPTAIN ZACHARIAH TERRELL'S COMPANY CAPTAIN AARON HART'S COMPANY
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