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
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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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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