BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS ITS REAL MEANING Exposure of Untruth Being Taught Young America _Concerning the Second Most Important Military Event in the Life of the Republic._ _By_ Reau E. Folk, _Chairman Tennessee Commission of Research as to the True Value of the Victory at New Orleans._ DEDICATION _This Volume Is Dedicated To:_ _The State of Tennessee, which authorized the Investigation;_ _The Ladies’ Hermitage Association, charged with primary duty of preserving the home of Andrew Jackson, whose military genius, courage, and patriotism saved the nation in the second War of Independence;_ _The Descendants of the Soldiers who fought at New Orleans, whose memory should always be cherished; and_ _The noble band of School Teachers everywhere, whose high impulse is to impart the truth._ _REAU E. FOLK._ _Nashville, Tenn._ Copyright, 1935, Reau E. Folk Published by Ladies’ Hermitage Association, Nashville, Tenn. Limited Edition Cullom & Ghertner, Publishers, Nashville, Tenn. COMMISSION REPORT Below is given report to the Governor of Tennessee by the author of this volume as chairman of the authorized Tennessee Committee of Research. Attached are letters of concurrence from two of his associate members. The remaining member is out of the country. Documents have been sent to him, but at the time of this printing sufficient time has not elapsed to hear from him. In a later edition his comments will be given. NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE To His Excellency, The Honorable Hill McAllister, Governor of Tennessee. Sir: The General Assembly of Tennessee of 1927 adopted the following joint resolution: WHEREAS, the Battle of New Orleans, fought on January 8, 1815, is one of the outstanding military events of American History; and, WHEREAS, the memory of the great American victory achieved there, is especially cherished by Tennesseans because of Andrew Jackson, and the other Tennesseans who therein immortalized themselves; and, WHEREAS, school histories, adopted for and taught in our schools, convey the impression that the battle was a needless one in that it occurred fifteen days after the Treaty of Peace had been signed at Ghent, Belgium, by the Commissioners representing the United States and England; and,