Jacques Villeré
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Jacques Philippe Villeré was a Louisiana Creole politician who served as the second Governor of Louisiana after it became a state. He was the first native born Louisianian to govern the state.
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Battle of New Orleans
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The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815, between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly
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…Meraux. He joined the Louisiana Militia as a Colonel and was later promoted to Major General and commanded the 1st Division of the militia during the Battle of New Orleans. His son Major René-Gabriell was tasked with guarding the home, but it was taken over by British forces who used it as a headquarters. René-Gabriell…
The battle as painted by Jean Hyacinthe de Laclotte, a member of the Louisiana Militia, based on his sketches made at the scene
H. Charles McBarron, Free Men of Colour and Choctaw Indian Volunteers at New Orleans, Louisiana (1982)
Battery 4, in the middle of Line Jackson, contained the biggest American artillery gun, a naval 32-pounder that was transferred from the USS Carolina before she was sunk by the British.
The Death of Pakenham at the Battle of New Orleans by F. O. C. Darley shows the death of British Maj. Gen. Sir Edward Pakenham on January 8, 1815