
AA/CO/485
SKU:Prints,Art,History, THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS . . . was the culminating land action in the British campaign to capture the city and, presumably, the Mississippi Valley. General Andrew Jackson defeated the Red Coats under General Sir Edward Pakenham on January 8, 1815, in this, the last battle of the War of 1812, and the last time a foreign foe has invaded our nation's soil. Old illustrations of the 19th Century from a collection of New Orleans &, Environs Pictorial Nostalgia. (9 3/4 X 13 inches.) Near Mint