The Battle of New Orleans
written by Jimmy Driftwood
sung by Johnny Horton
In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson
down the mighty Mississip.
We took a little bacon
an' we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British
at the town of New Orleans.
Well, despite some interesting inaccuracies of this wonderful song, there was another little trip that President Jackson took. Try to find it in the history books. Folks, it ain't easy! It took me weeks slogging through textbooks, Google documents, and ancient Google newspaper scans. Sadly, due to some court cases, Google has reduced the ability to search these old archives now. This blogger was very, very lucky to be in the right place and the right time to get this information.
A long essay can be found in the tabs above. It will be revised periodically.
One of the primary reasons that the blog is essential is to capture images to use in the texts of essays and other online documentation.
Here is the map constructed from the meager data obtained.
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