In one battle of this name the victorious side evaded the guns at Fort Jackson and St. Phillip that provided the main defense.
In one battle of this name the victorious side evaded the guns at Fort Jackson and St. Phillip that provided the main defense. Eventually General Mansfield Lovell withdrew his troops and the city fell. In the other battle, fought 47 years earlier, General Edward Packenham led a foolhardy British charge against an American barricade. Ironically the Treaty of Ghent had already been signed and this January 1815 battle was unnecessary. FTP, identify these battles, both of which were fought for possession of a Louisiana city.
In one battle of this name the victorious side evaded the guns at Fort Jackson and St. Phillip that provided the main defense.
Battle(s) of {New Orleans}