6. Nashville _Whig_, September 21, 1814, p. 3. 7. John Coffee to Mary Donelson Coffee, Camp Gaines, October 22, 1814, in _Tennessee Historical Magazine_, II (1916), 285-86. 8. C. S. Forester, “Victory of New Orleans,” in _American Heritage_ VIII, (1957), 8. 9. N. Floyd McGowin, “Some Aspects of Waning British Influence in the Middle Gulf Region,” in _The Alabama Review_, IX (1956), 166-67. 10. Born near Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, March 3, 1788, Carroll came to Nashville in 1810 to open a mercantile store. His fondness for studying military tactics endeared him to Andrew Jackson, then Major General of the Second Tennessee Division encompassing West (now Middle) Tennessee. When Jackson resigned in 1813 to command the United States Army in defense of the Southern frontier, Carroll received the appointment. Later, as Governor of Tennessee, Carroll distinguished himself for his frugality and business acumen. 11. _Nashville Clarion_, November 1, 1814, p. 3. 12. _The Clarion and Tennessee State Gazette_, November 22, 1814, p. 3. 13. Nashville _Whig_, November 16, 1814, p. 3. 14. Nashville _Daily Gazette_, November 10, 1858, p. 2. As the story goes, all of the Tennessee troops, including those of Coffee, were fully armed by December 21. The second keelboat, however, did not arrive until some time after the battle of January 8, leaving the Kentuckians, who arrived January 4, only partially armed. 15. John Coffee to Mary Donelson Coffee, Sandy Creek, December 15, 1814, in _Tennessee Historical Magazine_, II (1916), 289. The line of march was almost parallel to the sea coast, about 40 or 50 miles from the Gulf. 16. Edward Larocque Tinker, _Creole City, Its Past and Its People_ (New York, 1953), 45-46. Jackson’s relationship to the legislature was so strained that, after the battle, that body refused to pass a resolution of commendation for the general’s services. 17. John Coffee to Mary Donelson Coffee, December 15, 1814, in _Tennessee Historical Magazine_, II (1916). 18. John Coffee to Andrew Jackson, December 17, 1814, Andrew Jackson MSS., Manuscript Division, Tennessee State Library and Archives. 19. McGowin, _op. cit._, 167. 20. Major A. Lacarriere Latour, _Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana_ (Philadelphia, 1816), 88; Eliza Croom Coffee. 21. Benson L. Lossing, _The Pictorial Field-Book of the War of 1812_ (New York, 1869). 22. Latour, _op. cit._, 99. 23. John Coffee to Mary Donelson Coffee, New Orleans, January 20, 1815, in _Tennessee Historical Magazine_, II (1916), 289-90. See also J. A. Trousdale, “A History of the Life of General William Trousdale,” in _Tennessee Historical Magazine_, II (1916), 123-24. 24. Nashville, _Whig_, January 11, 1815, p. 3. Of interest is the fact that Lauderdale County, Alabama, where John Coffee later made his home, is named after Colonel James Lauderdale.