Battle of New Orleans
During the October 1813 Battle of Nations at Leipzig between the French, under Emperor Napoleon I, and the German-Swedish-Russian-English coalition, French troops were astonished to see whooshing smoking rockets flying at them from enemy lines. Read more
Battle of New Orleans
“Victory has a thousand fathers,” the late President John F. Kennedy once said, “but defeat is an orphan.” Read more
Battle of New Orleans
It was 1814. Napoleon had abdicated and the British turned their attentions to North America, where they had been at war with the Americans since 1812. Read more
Battle of New Orleans
According to both the 1936 version with Frederick March and the 1958 remake with Yul Brynner (both films by Cecil B. Read more
Battle of New Orleans
The short-lived Whig Party had a fair degree of success electing candidates for president, winning two of the five presidential elections in which it fielded a candidate. Read more
