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Capture of New Orleans via the Mississippi River was impossible, but access through the bayous. These bayous were under the control of the pirate Jean Laffite. General Andrew Jackson seeks Lafitte's aid in thwarting the British forces, offering him a pardon and American citizenship in return.
During the War of 1812 against the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: General Andrew Jackson has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city.
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General Andrew Jackson (Charlton Heston previously played this role in The President's Lady) has only 1,200 men left to defend New Orleans when he learns that a British fleet will arrive with 60 ships and 16,000 men to take the city.
General Andrew Jackson tries to defend the city with only a fraction of his opponent's forces. To improve his position he tries to court Jean Lafitte, a notorious pirate, who also happens to control an island strategically positioned off the Louisiana coast.
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Nov 9, 2009 · In the Battle of New Orleans, future President Andrew Jackson and a motley assortment of militia fighters, frontiersmen, slaves, Native Americans and even pirates weathered a frontal...
Jan 10, 2015 · Two hundred years after the Battle of New Orleans was waged -- earning it an eternal place in Louisiana history books and further burnishing Andrew Jackson's reputation as one of.
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The climactic engagement, known as the Battle of New Orleans, occurred on January 8, 1815. In that 37-minute contest, 8,392 British soldiers attacked 5,359 Americans with disastrous results—2,037 Redcoat casualties in comparison to a mere 71 for Jackson’s army.
