Tennessee at the Battle of New Orleans BY ELBERT L. WATSON PUBLISHED BY THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS, 150TH ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE OF LOUISIANA 1965 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS SESQUICENTENNIAL HISTORICAL BOOKLETS Editors: Charles L. Dufour and Leonard V. Huber 1. _New Orleans As It Was In 1814-1815_, by Leonard V. Huber. 2. _Sea Power and the Battle of New Orleans_, by Admiral E. M. Eller, Dr. W. J. Morgan and Lieut. R. R. Basoco. 3. _Major-General Sir Edward M. Pakenham_, by Val McNair Scott. 4. _Louisiana at the Battle of New Orleans_, by Powell Casey. 5. _Tennessee at the Battle of New Orleans_, by Elbert L. Watson. 6. _Plantation Houses on the Battlefield of New Orleans_, by Samuel Wilson, Jr., F.A.I.A. (Price $1.00) 7. _The Battle on the West Bank_, by Richard R. Dixon. 8. _Negro Soldiers in the Battle of New Orleans_, by Marcus Christian. 9. _The Weapons of the Battle of New Orleans_, by William E. Meuse. Price (Except No. 6) 50 Cents Each DISTRIBUTED BY LOUISIANA LANDMARKS SOCIETY (NEW ORLEANS CHAPTER) GALLIER HALL—LAFAYETTE SQUARE NEW ORLEANS, LA. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [Illustration: Major-General Andrew Jackson of Tennessee, by his great victory at Chalmette, below New Orleans, on January 8, 1815 became “a leader destined for future greatness.”] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TENNESSEE AT THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS I Few events in the history of our nation have left the imprint of greatness upon participating individuals and groups as did the memorable Battle of New Orleans, January 8, 1815, the culmination of the War of 1812. Out of the great victory, there emerged on the national scene, in the person of Andrew Jackson, a leader destined for future greatness. At the same time, those dissident Federalist voices which regarded disunion as the solution to the ills facing the young republic were quieted. With the battle over, the abortive Hartford Convention of December, 1814, stood in mute contrast to the patriotic devotion to country rendered by unlearned frontiersmen.[1] The question of the possession of legal title to western lands acquired from France by the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 was quickly settled. Not the least result was the breaking of alliances which had existed between the Creek Indians and their British and Spanish allies.