Mr. E’s
Tuesday
Dec. 7th
Louisiana History
Class
Andrew
Jackson
“Old Hickery”
Write a THREE
SENTENCE paragraph
explaining….
“What if Jean Lafitte had
not helped the Americans at
the Battle of New Orleans?”
Fact # 1
The War of 1812 soldiers sometimes were
pictured in cartoons as marching to battle
encumbered by their wives, children, and
household furnishings.
Fact #1
Col. Andrew Jackson, was selected to lead
Fact # 2
the American troops to defend New Orleans.
His army in New Orleans ended up including
state militia, Acadians, merchants, Free People
of Color, slaves, and even the pirates of
Barataria Bay.
Fact #2
The British regulars
Fact # 3
were lead by Gen.
Edward Pakenham.
They met on the
battlefield in Chalmette
early the morning of
Jan. 8, 1815.
In was cold, foggy, and
the battle last less than 30
minutes,
Fact #3
However,
without
Fact
# 4
the help of pirate
contraband – flints,
gunpowder, shot,
and cannons –
Jackson could not
have held off the
British attack.
Fact #4
Fact # 5
The British lost 3,300
men and the
Americans 13.
Ironically the two
generals did not know
that the two countries
had signed a peace
treaty 15 days before
on December 24, 1814.
Fact #5
Gen. Edward Pakenham
• Sir Edward, as he became known,
had the misfortune to be chosen
as Commander-in-Chief of the
British army in America in 1814,
and died leading his troops in the
hopeless attack on New Orleans.
His body was sent home,
according to the custom of the
time, pickled in a barrel of rum.
Now the rest of the story…..
Andrew Jackson was now a
hero – the savior of New
Orleans. Place d’Armes is now
known as Jackson Square.
The Statue was cast from a
cannon used in the battle and
completed in 1856. Jackson
himself laid the cornerstone for the
monument in 1840.
He would serve as President of
the U.S. from 1829-1837.
Fact #6
Fact # 6
Now the song that
everyone knew in the
1950s
Turn
Fact # you
7 Battle map over and IF you want 4 E/C
points go to the front of the classroom with your
song sheet. This will be a GROUP sing!
Yes, every year since 1993 has sung this song!
Battle of New Orleans
In 1814 we took a little trip
Along with Colonel Jackson down the mighty
Mississip.
We took a little bacon and we took a little beans
And we caught the bloody British in the town of New
Orleans.
Battle of New Orleans wav