January 3-4, 1815, New Orleans
Gen. Andrew Jackson has assembled the most heterogeneous
army in the history of the United States. Men from nearly all eighteen states,
French and Spanish Creoles, German and Irish immigrants, Acadians, free-men of
color, pirates, American backwoodsmen, Chickasaw, Choctaw and Attakapas braves.
He will gather 4,000 men at the Rodriguez Canal while Gen. Pakenham awaits his
remaining troops. As the climax of the battle nears, the British will have
14,000 combatants, battle-hardened regiments-of-foot, fusiliers, highlanders, a
rifle corps, rocket corps, Royal Artillerymen, as well as Royal Marines and
seamen from the fleet.
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