When Andrew Jackson arrived in New Orleans in winter 1814, diplomats were already negotiating peace. But neither the Louisianans he commanded nor the British troops advancing on them were wise to ...

Andrew Jackson's tombstone is etched with three ... his victory against the British at New Orleans catapulted him to war hero status. Presidential Places is a weekly series on past presidents ...

Five years before his death, Jackson continued to inspire commentary. An 1840 article on the occasion of the Silver Jubilee of the Battle of New Orleans opined, “What a wonderful man is Andrew Jackson ...