Posted on 01/22/2015 3:14:08 AM PST by MadMitch
I’ve been down there to see what it looks like ... :-) ...
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You are correct, I realised I had typed the wrong thing, but had already posted. The British fought successfully up to the edge of Mobile, but as they prepared to attack, news came of the treaty. Fort Bowyer and one or two minor skirmishes ended the war.
I also enjoy 1812, the forgotten war overshadowed by both 1776-83 and the British fighting the Napoleonic Wars.
Kept fighting until we destroyed all you scum!.......lol
Its a fascinating war especially from the Canadian point of view.
It was an inter-war staff exercise. We had plans about waging war with EVERYONE.
And I’m betting we still have plans to invade Canada that are occasionally taken out, dusted off, and updates.
History does not record whose idea it was but one of the reasons for the American victory at New Orleans was that Jackson’s troops took cotton bales and completely soaked them with water. They had the effect of absorbing the British cannon balls without them doing any harm. They also doused the British rocketry, which was used by the British at the time to cow and terrify enemy ranks. Americans, using rifled weapons, were able to shoot from behind the wet cotton bales, which are very large, and pick off the marching British without suffering effective return fire.
"We filled his head with cannon balls, and powdered his behind
And when we touched the powder off, the gator lost his mind."
By 1917 and 1941, you were pretty happy to see us still around. :)
I’m confused by your answer. Are you saying you have contrary information on the ownership of the land on which the battle was fought?
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