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3 unusual facts about Battle of New Orleans


Battle of Baltimore

Colonel Brooke’s troops withdrew, and Admiral Cochrane’s fleet sailed off to regroup before his next assault on the United States, the Battle of New Orleans.

Catherine Wellesley, Duchess of Wellington

Her brother, Edward "Ned" Pakenham, served under Wellesley throughout the Peninsular War and Wellesley's regard for him helped to smooth his relations with Kitty, until Ned Pakenham's death at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.

Hickory, Mississippi

The town is named after Andrew Jackson, nicknamed "Old Hickory," who passed through the area on his way to fight the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.


Charlotte Mary Sanford Barnes

She also adapted the Joseph Holt Ingraham novel Lafitte, The Pirate of the Gulf, about the French Gulf of Mexico pirate Jean Lafitte who helped win the Battle of New Orleans.

Grapeshot

British commander Sir Edward Pakenham was fatally wounded while on horseback by grapeshot fired from the earthworks during the Battle of New Orleans.

John Samuel Martin Fonblanque

In the American War (of 1812) he was present at the taking of Washington, at the Battle of Baltimore, and ultimately at the fatal repulse at New Orleans when he was made prisoner within the enemy's lines being one of the very few who had succeeded in crossing the works.

Lauderdale County, Tennessee

Lauderdale County was created in 1835 from parts of Tipton, Dyer and Haywood counties, and named for Lieutenant Colonel James Lauderdale, who was killed at the Battle of New Orleans.

Matthew Arbuckle

The 3rd Infantry was under the command of General Andrew Jackson during and after the war; a family story exists that Arbuckle served on Jackson's staff during the Battle of New Orleans in 1815, but no evidence has been found for this claim.

Norwich Duff

He was promoted to Commander on 15 June 1814 and appointed to command of the 18-gun brig-sloop HMS Espoir, part of the naval force in the Chesapeake during the War of 1812, and later took part in the attack on New Orleans.


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