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Battle of New Orleans

Index Battle of New Orleans

The Battle of New Orleans was a series of engagements fought between December 14, 1814 and January 18, 1815, constituting the last major battle of the War of 1812. [1]

132 relations: Active regular United States Army units with campaign credit for the War of 1812, Admiral (Royal Navy), Adventure film, African Americans, Alexander Cochrane, Alexander Dickson (British Army officer), Alternate history, American Civil War, Andrew Jackson, Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812, Artillery, Barataria Bay, Battle of Lake Borgne, Battle of Waterloo, Bernard de Marigny, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, British Army, British West Indies, Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus, Capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant, Capture of HMS Penguin, Carronade, Cecil B. DeMille, Chalmette, Louisiana, Charles Gayarré, Chef Menteur Pass, Choctaw, Christmas, Combatant, Congreve rocket, Creole peoples, Daniel Carmick, Daniel Patterson (naval officer), Democratic-Republican Party, Diplomatic History (journal), Earthworks (engineering), Edward Pakenham, Enfilade and defilade, Enterprise (1814), Eric Flint, Fascine, Federalist Party, Fiddle, Fort Bowyer, Fort St. Philip, Free people of color, French frigate Trave (1812), Garrison, George Washington Dixon, Grace King, ..., Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording, Grammy Hall of Fame, Grapeshot, Gulf of Mexico, Gunboat, Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, Hitchiti, Honorific nicknames in popular music, Howitzer, I Ain't Marching Anymore (song), Jacques Villeré, Jean Baptiste Plauché, Jean Lafitte, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Jimmy Driftwood, John Adair, John Coffee, John Keane, 1st Baron Keane, John Lambert (British Army officer), Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Kentucky, Kinache, Ladder, Lake Borgne, Lake Pontchartrain, Longboat, Lonnie Donegan, Louisiana, Louisiana Historical Association, Louisiana Purchase, Major general, Melody, Militia (United States), Minstrel show, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Mississippi Territory, Mobile, Alabama, Napoleon, National Park Service, New Orleans, New Orleans American order of battle, Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans, Our Lady of Prompt Succor, Parapet, Phil Ochs, Privateer, Ragged Old Flag, Reconnaissance, Recording Industry Association of America, Redoubt, Royal Navy, Siege engine, Siege of Fort St. Philip (1815), Songs of the Century, Tennessee, The Battle of New Orleans, The Buccaneer (1938 film), The Buccaneer (1958 film), The Eighth (United States), The Historic New Orleans Collection, The Hunters of Kentucky, The Time Tunnel, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas ap Catesby Jones, Thomas Hinds, Thomas Mullins (British Army officer), Treaty of Ghent, Turkey in the Straw, United States Army, United States Marine Corps, United States Navy, Ursulines, Versailles, Louisiana, Walter Hampden Overton, War of 1812, West India Regiments, William Carroll (Tennessee politician), William Thornton (British Army officer), 1812: The Rivers of War, 44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot. Expand index (82 more) »

Active regular United States Army units with campaign credit for the War of 1812

Twenty-three currently active battalions of the Regular Army earned credit for campaigns during the War of 1812: two Air Defense Artillery battalions, six Field Artillery Battalions and seventeen Infantry battalions.

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Admiral (Royal Navy)

Admiral is a senior rank of the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom, which equates to the NATO rank code OF-9, outranked only by the rank admiral of the fleet.

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Adventure film

Adventure films are a genre of film that typically use their action scenes to display and explore exotic locations in an energetic way.

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African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Alexander Cochrane

Sir Alexander Inglis Cochrane GCB RN (23 April 1758 – 26 January 1832, born Alexander Forrester Cochrane) was a senior Royal Navy commander during the Napoleonic Wars and achieved the rank of Admiral.

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Alexander Dickson (British Army officer)

Major General Sir Alexander Dickson (3 June 177722 April 1840) was a British Army officer who served in the artillery.

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Alternate history

Alternate history or alternative history (Commonwealth English), sometimes abbreviated as AH, is a genre of fiction consisting of stories in which one or more historical events occur differently.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845) was an American soldier and statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

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Army National Guard units with campaign credit for the War of 1812

Twenty-four current units of the Army National Guard perpetuate the lineages of militia units mustered into federal service during the War of 1812.

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Artillery

Artillery is a class of large military weapons built to fire munitions far beyond the range and power of infantry's small arms.

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Barataria Bay

Barataria Bay, also Barrataria Bay, is a bay of the Gulf of Mexico, about 15 miles (24 km) long and 12 miles (19 km) wide, in southeastern Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish and Plaquemines Parish, United States.

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Battle of Lake Borgne

The Battle of Lake Borgne was a battle between the Royal Navy and Royal Marines on one side and the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines on the other in the American South theatre of the War of 1812.

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Battle of Waterloo

The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday, 18 June 1815, near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands.

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Bernard de Marigny

Jean-Bernard Xavier Philippe de Marigny de Mandeville (1785–1868), known as Bernard de Marigny, was a French-Creole American nobleman, playboy, planter, politician, duelist, writer, horse breeder, land developer, and President of the Louisiana State Senate between 1822 and 1823.

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Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson is a rock musical with music and lyrics written by Michael Friedman and a book written by its director Alex Timbers.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.

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British West Indies

The British West Indies, sometimes abbreviated to the BWI, is a collective term for the British territories in the Caribbean: Anguilla, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Montserrat and the British Virgin Islands.

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Capture of East India Company ship Nautilus

The capture of East India Company brig Nautilus took place on 30 June 1815.

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Capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant

The capture of HMS Cyane and HMS Levant was an action which took place at the end of the Anglo-American War of 1812.

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Capture of HMS Penguin

On 23 March 1815 captured in a short battle off Tristan da Cunha.

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Carronade

A carronade is a short, smoothbore, cast iron cannon which was used by the Royal Navy and first produced by the Carron Company, an ironworks in Falkirk, Scotland, UK.

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Cecil B. DeMille

Cecil Blount DeMille (August 12, 1881 – January 21, 1959) was an American filmmaker.

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Chalmette, Louisiana

Chalmette is a census-designated place (CDP) in, and the parish seat of St. Bernard Parish, in southeast Louisiana, United States.

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Charles Gayarré

Charles Étienne Arthur Gayarré (January 9, 1805 – February 11, 1895) was an American historian, attorney, slaveowner and politician born to a Spanish and French Creole planter family in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Chef Menteur Pass

The Chef Menteur Pass is a narrow natural waterway which, along with the Rigolets, connects Lake Pontchartrain and Lake Borgne in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Choctaw

The Choctaw (in the Choctaw language, Chahta)Common misspellings and variations in other languages include Chacta, Tchakta and Chocktaw.

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Christmas

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ,Martindale, Cyril Charles.

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Combatant

Combatant is a term of art which describes the legal status of an individual who has the right to engage in hostilities during an international armed conflict.

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Congreve rocket

The Congreve rocket was a British military weapon designed and developed by Sir William Congreve in 1804, based directly on Mysorean rockets.

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Creole peoples

Creole peoples (and its cognates in other languages such as crioulo, criollo, creolo, créole, kriolu, criol, kreyol, kreol, kriol, krio, kriyoyo, etc.) are ethnic groups which originated from creolisation, linguistic, cultural and racial mixing between colonial-era emigrants from Europe with non-European peoples, climates and cuisines.

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Daniel Carmick

Daniel Carmick (1772 – November 6, 1816) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps.

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Daniel Patterson (naval officer)

Daniel Todd Patterson (March 6, 1786 – August 25, 1839) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France, the First Barbary War, and the War of 1812.

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Democratic-Republican Party

The Democratic-Republican Party was an American political party formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison around 1792 to oppose the centralizing policies of the new Federalist Party run by Alexander Hamilton, who was secretary of the treasury and chief architect of George Washington's administration.

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Diplomatic History (journal)

Diplomatic History is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering the foreign relations history of the United States.

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Earthworks (engineering)

Earthworks are engineering works created through the processing of parts of the earth's surface involving quantities of soil or unformed rock.

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Edward Pakenham

The Honourable Sir Edward Michael Pakenham GCB (pro. pack-en-um) (19 March 1778 – 8 January 1815), was an Anglo-Irish army officer and politician.

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Enfilade and defilade

Enfilade and defilade are concepts in military tactics used to describe a military formation's exposure to enemy fire.

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Enterprise (1814)

The steamboat Enterprise demonstrated for the first time by her epic voyage from New Orleans to Brownsville, Pennsylvania that steamboat commerce was practical on the Mississippi River and its tributaries.

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Eric Flint

Eric Flint (born February 6, 1947) is an American author, editor, and e-publisher.

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Fascine

A fascine is a rough bundle of brushwood or other material used for strengthening an earthen structure, or making a path across uneven or wet terrain.

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Federalist Party

The Federalist Party, referred to as the Pro-Administration party until the 3rd United States Congress (as opposed to their opponents in the Anti-Administration party), was the first American political party.

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Fiddle

A fiddle is a bowed string musical instrument, most often a violin.

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Fort Bowyer

Fort Bowyer was a short-lived earthen and stockade fortification that the United States Army erected in 1813 on Mobile Point, near the mouth of Mobile Bay in what is now Baldwin County, Alabama, but then was part of the Mississippi Territory.

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Fort St. Philip

Fort St.

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Free people of color

In the context of the history of slavery in the Americas, free people of color (French: gens de couleur libres, Spanish: gente libre de color) were people of mixed African and European descent who were not enslaved.

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French frigate Trave (1812)

The French frigate Trave was a frigate of the French Navy, launched at Amsterdam in 1812.

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Garrison

Garrison (various spellings) (from the French garnison, itself from the verb garnir, "to equip") is the collective term for a body of troops stationed in a particular location, originally to guard it, but now often simply using it as a home base.

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George Washington Dixon

George Washington Dixon (1801?Many biographies list his birth year as 1808, but Cockrell, Demons of Disorder, 189, argues that 1801 is the correct date. This is based on Dixon's records at a New Orleans hospital, which list him as 60 years old in 1861, and a December 11, 1841 article in the Flash that says he was born "some forty years ago". – March 2, 1861) was an American singer, stage actor, and newspaper editor.

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Grace King

Grace Elizabeth King (November 29, 1851 – January 14, 1932) was an American author of Louisiana stories, history, and biography, and a leader in historical and literary activities.

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Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording

The Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording was awarded from 1959 to 1968.

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Grammy Hall of Fame

The Grammy Hall of Fame is a hall of fame to honor musical recordings of lasting qualitative or historical significance.

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Grapeshot

In artillery, grapeshot is a type of shot that is not one solid element, but a mass of small metal balls or slugs packed tightly into a canvas bag.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, largely surrounded by the North American continent.

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Gunboat

A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.

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Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst

Henry Bathurst, 3rd Earl Bathurst, (22 May 1762 – 27 July 1834) was a High Tory, High Church Pittite from the end of the Second Empire.

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Hitchiti

The Hitchiti were an indigenous tribe formerly residing chiefly in a town of the same name on the east bank of the Chattahoochee River, four miles below Chiaha, in western present-day Georgia, United States.

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Honorific nicknames in popular music

Honorific nicknames in popular music are terms used, most often in the media or by fans, to indicate the significance of an artist, and are often religious, familial, or (most frequently) royal and aristocratic titles, used metaphorically.

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Howitzer

A howitzer is a type of artillery piece characterized by a relatively short barrel and the use of comparatively small propellant charges to propel projectiles over relatively high trajectories, with a steep angle of descent.

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I Ain't Marching Anymore (song)

"I Ain't Marching Anymore" (sometimes titled "I Ain't Marchin' Anymore" or "I Ain't A-Marching Anymore") is an anti-war song by Phil Ochs, a U.S. protest singer from the 1960s known for being a passionate critic of the American military industrial complex.

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Jacques Villeré

Jacques Phillippe Villeré (April 28, 1761 – March 7, 1830) was the second Governor of Louisiana after it became a state.

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Jean Baptiste Plauché

Jean Baptiste Plauché (28 January 1785 – 2 January 1860) was a Louisiana soldier and politician.

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Jean Lafitte

Jean Lafitte (–) was a French pirate and privateer in the Gulf of Mexico in the early 19th century.

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Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve protects significant examples of the rich natural and cultural resources of Louisiana's Mississippi River Delta region.

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Jimmy Driftwood

James Corbitt Morris (June 20, 1907 – July 12, 1998), known professionally as Jimmy Driftwood or Jimmie Driftwood, was an American folk music songwriter and musician, most famous for his songs "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Tennessee Stud".

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John Adair

John Adair (January 9, 1757 – May 19, 1840) was an American pioneer, soldier, and politician.

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John Coffee

John R. Coffee (June 2, 1772 – July 7, 1833) was an American planter and state militia general in Tennessee.

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John Keane, 1st Baron Keane

Lieutenant General John Keane, 1st Baron Keane (6 February 1781 – 24 August 1844) was an Irish soldier in the British Army.

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John Lambert (British Army officer)

General Sir John Lambert (28 April 1772 – 14 September 1847) was a British Army officer who served in the French Revolutionary Wars, the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812.

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Johnny Cash

John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author.

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Johnny Horton

John LaGale "Johnny" Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American country music and rockabilly singer and musician, best known for his saga ballads beginning with the song "The Battle of New Orleans", which was awarded the 1960 Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Kinache

Kinache (c. 1750-c. 1819) was a Seminole chieftain who commanded Seminole forces against the United States during the American Revolution and later during the First Seminole War.

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Ladder

A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps.

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Lake Borgne

Lake Borgne is a lagoon of the Gulf of Mexico in southeastern Louisiana.

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Lake Pontchartrain

Lake Pontchartrain (Lac Pontchartrain) is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.

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Longboat

In the days of sailing ships, a vessel would carry several ship's boats for various uses.

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Lonnie Donegan

Anthony James Donegan (29 April 1931 – 3 November 2002), known as Lonnie Donegan, was a British skiffle singer, songwriter and musician, referred to as the "King of Skiffle", who influenced 1960s British pop musicians.

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Louisiana

Louisiana is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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Louisiana Historical Association

The Louisiana Historical Association is an organization of professional historians and interested laypersons dedicated to the preservation, publication, and dissemination of the history of the U.S. state of Louisiana, with particular emphasis at the inception on territorial, statehood, and the American Civil War periods.

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Louisiana Purchase

The Louisiana Purchase (Vente de la Louisiane "Sale of Louisiana") was the acquisition of the Louisiana territory (828,000 square miles or 2.14 million km²) by the United States from France in 1803.

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Major general

Major general (abbreviated MG, Maj. Gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries.

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Melody

A melody (from Greek μελῳδία, melōidía, "singing, chanting"), also tune, voice, or line, is a linear succession of musical tones that the listener perceives as a single entity.

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Militia (United States)

The militia of the United States, as defined by the U.S. Congress, has changed over time.

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Minstrel show

The minstrel show, or minstrelsy, was an American form of entertainment developed in the early 19th century.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mississippi River

The Mississippi River is the chief river of the second-largest drainage system on the North American continent, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system.

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Mississippi Territory

The Territory of Mississippi was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from April 7, 1798, until December 10, 1817, when the western half of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Mississippi and the eastern half became the Alabama Territory until its admittance to the Union as the State of Alabama on December 14, 1819.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Napoleon

Napoléon Bonaparte (15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821) was a French statesman and military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and led several successful campaigns during the French Revolutionary Wars.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government that manages all national parks, many national monuments, and other conservation and historical properties with various title designations.

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New Orleans

New Orleans (. Merriam-Webster.; La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana.

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New Orleans American order of battle

The following units and commanders of the American armed forces under Andrew Jackson fought at the Battle of New Orleans during War of 1812.

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Old Ursuline Convent, New Orleans

Ursuline Convent (Couvent des Ursulines) was a series of historic Ursuline convents in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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Our Lady of Prompt Succor

Our Lady of Prompt Succor is a Roman Catholic title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with a wooden devotional image enshrined in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America.

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Parapet

A parapet is a barrier which is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure.

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Phil Ochs

Philip David Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) was an American protest singer (or, as he preferred, a topical singer) and songwriter who was known for his sharp wit, sardonic humor, earnest humanism, political activism, insightful and alliterative lyrics, and distinctive voice.

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Privateer

A privateer is a private person or ship that engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.

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Ragged Old Flag

Ragged Old Flag is the 47th album by American country music singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1974 (see 1974 in music).

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Reconnaissance

In military operations, reconnaissance or scouting is the exploration outside an area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about natural features and other activities in the area.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States.

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Redoubt

A redoubt (historically redout) is a fort or fort system usually consisting of an enclosed defensive emplacement outside a larger fort, usually relying on earthworks, although some are constructed of stone or brick.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Siege engine

A siege engine is a device that is designed to break or circumvent heavy castle doors, thick city walls and other fortifications in siege warfare.

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Siege of Fort St. Philip (1815)

The Siege of Fort St.

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Songs of the Century

The "Songs of the Century" list is part of an education project by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the National Endowment for the Arts, and Scholastic Inc. that aims to "promote a better understanding of America's musical and cultural heritage" in American schools.

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Tennessee

Tennessee (translit) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States.

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The Battle of New Orleans

"The Battle of New Orleans" is a song written by Jimmy Driftwood.

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The Buccaneer (1938 film)

The Buccaneer is a 1938 American adventure film made by Paramount Pictures based on Jean Lafitte and the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

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The Buccaneer (1958 film)

The Buccaneer is a 1958 pirate film made by Paramount Pictures starring Yul Brynner as Jean Lafitte, Charles Boyer and Claire Bloom.

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The Eighth (United States)

The Eighth was a federal holiday in the United States from 1828 until 1861 commemorating the U.S. victory in the Battle of New Orleans on January 8, 1815.

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The Historic New Orleans Collection

The Historic New Orleans Collection (THNOC) is a museum, research center, and publisher dedicated to the study and preservation of the history and culture of New Orleans and the Gulf South region of the United States.

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The Hunters of Kentucky

"The Hunters of Kentucky", also called "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Half Horse and Half Alligator", was a song written to commemorate Andrew Jackson's victory over the British at the Battle of New Orleans.

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The Time Tunnel

The Time Tunnel is an American color science-fiction TV series, written around a theme of time travel adventure and starring James Darren and Robert Colbert.

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Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was an American statesman and writer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909.

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Thomas ap Catesby Jones

Thomas ''ap'' Catesby Jones (24 April 1790 – 30 May 1858) was a United States Navy officer during the War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War.

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Thomas Hinds

Thomas Hinds (1780–1840) was an American soldier and politician from the state of Mississippi, who served in the United States Congress from 1828 to 1831.

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Thomas Mullins (British Army officer)

Thomas Mullins (died 1823) was a British Army officer of the 44th Regiment of Foot, best known for his misconduct at the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812.

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Treaty of Ghent

The Treaty of Ghent was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

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Turkey in the Straw

"Turkey in the Straw" is a well-known American folk song dating from the early 19th century.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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Ursulines

The term Ursulines refers to a number of religious institutes of the Catholic Church.

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Versailles, Louisiana

Versailles is an unincorporated community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Walter Hampden Overton

Walter Hampden Overton (1788–1845) was a U.S. Representative representing Louisiana's 3rd congressional district.

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War of 1812

The War of 1812 was a conflict fought between the United States, the United Kingdom, and their respective allies from June 1812 to February 1815.

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West India Regiments

The West India Regiments (WIR) were infantry units of the British Army recruited from and normally stationed in the British colonies of the Caribbean between 1795 and 1927.

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William Carroll (Tennessee politician)

William Carroll (March 3, 1788March 22, 1844) was an American politician who served as Governor of Tennessee twice, from 1821 to 1827 and again from 1829 to 1835.

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William Thornton (British Army officer)

Lieutenant General Sir William Thornton KCB (1779–1840) was a British Army officer who served as Lieutenant Governor of Jersey.

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1812: The Rivers of War

1812: The Rivers of War is a 2005 alternate history novel by American writer Eric Flint.

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44th (East Essex) Regiment of Foot

The 44th Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment in the British Army, raised in 1741.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_New_Orleans

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