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An Unlikely Army of Militia and Pirates Shocked the World by Defeating the British Army at the Battle of New Orleans
Jackson actually spent most of the War of 1812 fighting not the British ... saying that no British enemy soldier would enter their city, “unless over my dead body.” For the first time in ...
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An Unlikely Army of Militia and Pirates Shocked the World by Defeating the British Army at the Battle of New Orleans
Jackson actually spent most of the War of 1812 fighting not the British ... they were shot into oblivion by Jackson’s ragtag army. The British suffered about 2,000 casualties, while the ...