Z. F. Smith’s account of the Battle of New Orleans documents the final major engagement of the War of 1812 — the American repulse of British forces under General Pakenham in January 1815, days after the peace treaty had already been signed in Ghent. The volume includes the context of preceding British-American engagements and the strategic background to the campaign in Louisiana.
Seen from the British side, the battle represented a costly and ultimately futile operation against well-prepared American defences. Download the free EPUB for a detailed account of this engagement that reads as a chapter in both American and British military history.