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An Unlikely Army of Militia and Pirates Shocked the World by Defeating the British Army at the Battle of New Orleans
The United States had declared war on Great Britain back in June 1812, a few decades after ... president was serving in the U.S. Army. Born in 1767, he was a British-hating orphan who came of ...
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THE NAVIES--AMERICAN AND BRITISH COMMERCIAL MARINE.; The Test of Naval Strength, a Commercial Marine--Relative Tonnage of the United States and Great Britain--Relative Growth ...
To illustrate this, I will refer you to certain facts, which I imagine are not generally known, but which, with the vast army we have ... Even in 1812-'15, we beat the British in repeated naval ...