Battle of New Orleans (disambiguation)
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Two battles and a song have the name Battle of New Orleans.
- Battle of New OrleansBattle of New OrleansThe Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the...
- Battle during the War of 1812 in 1815 - Capture of New Orleans - operation during the American Civil War in 1862
- Battle of Liberty PlaceBattle of Liberty PlaceThe Battle of Liberty Place was an attempted insurrection by the Crescent City White League against the legal Reconstruction state government on September 14, 1874 in New Orleans, Louisiana, where it was then based....
- battle between Democratic Conservatives and Republican Reconstructionists in 1874. - The Battle of New OrleansThe Battle of New Orleans"The Battle of New Orleans" is the title of a song written by Jimmy Driftwood. The song describes the 1815 Battle of New Orleans from the perspective of an American soldier; the lyrics are evidently intended to be comical. It has been recorded by many artists, but the singer most often associated...
- song written by Jimmie Driftwood in the 1940s and popularized in 1959 by Johnny Horton