Certainly, the Battle of New Orleans, the last major battle of the war, was wholly unnecessary. The war had been brought to a close a fortnight earlier by the Treaty of Ghent on December 24 1814.

A group of sociologists found that few Russians were steadfast supporters of the war. Most had something more complicated to say.

Is New Orleans safe That was a question I kept asking myself over the course of four nights at a hotel just a short walk from the French Quarter ...

This also shines a light on the steamboat age in New Orleans. On January 8, 2025, the battle reached its 210th anniversary.

Forces commanded by Andrew Jackson fought the British in the Louisiana port city in the last standoff of the War of 1812 Sonja Anderson How the flag that flew proudly over Fort McHenry in ...

Named after a French pirate who helped Gen. Andrew Jackson defend New Orleans during a battle in the War of 1812, the Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve consists of six sites ...