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Tennessee at the Battle of New Orleans

Chapter 2: BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS SESQUICENTENNIAL HISTORICAL BOOKLETS
By Elbert L. Watson
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The author traces Tennessee’s political and military contributions to the campaign that culminated in the New Orleans engagement, describing how state leaders and volunteer militias mobilized under Andrew Jackson and subordinate commanders, and how prior campaigns against Creek allies shaped readiness. The narrative links War Hawks’ pressure for conflict and frontier concerns about trade routes with operations around Mobile and Fort Bowyer, and it explains how the victory influenced territorial security, disrupted hostile alliances, elevated military leaders, and reshaped national political perceptions of frontier militia service.

BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS SESQUICENTENNIAL
HISTORICAL BOOKLETS

Editors: Charles L. Dufour and Leonard V. Huber

1. New Orleans As It Was In 1814-1815, by Leonard V. Huber.

2. Sea Power and the Battle of New Orleans, by Admiral E. M. Eller, Dr. W. J. Morgan and Lieut. R. R. Basoco.

3. Major-General Sir Edward M. Pakenham, by Val McNair Scott.

4. Louisiana at the Battle of New Orleans, by Powell Casey.

5. Tennessee at the Battle of New Orleans, by Elbert L. Watson.

6. Plantation Houses on the Battlefield of New Orleans, by Samuel Wilson, Jr., F.A.I.A. (Price $1.00)

7. The Battle on the West Bank, by Richard R. Dixon.

8. Negro Soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans, by Marcus Christian.

9. The Weapons of the Battle of New Orleans, by William E. Meuse.

Price (Except No. 6) 50 Cents Each
DISTRIBUTED BY
LOUISIANA LANDMARKS SOCIETY
(NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER)
GALLIER HALL—LAFAYETTE SQUARE
NEW ORLEANS, LA.

Major-General Andrew Jackson of Tennessee, by his great victory at Chalmette, below New Orleans, on January 8, 1815 became “a leader destined for future greatness.”