Award-winning author and commander Ronald J. Now, on the cusp of the battle’s 200th anniversary, several new books have emerged that re-examine its significance. control over the Mississippi River Valley.
Though the Treaty of Ghent, which officially ended the War of 1812, had been signed on Christmas Eve, the pivotal battle fought just 4 miles downriver from the French Quarter firmly established U.S. militia over the highly trained British army remains one of the most astonishing and critical events in American history. History buffs often discount the importance of the Battle of New Orleans, fought on January 8 200 years ago, but the unlikely victory of the fledgling U.S.
