The Battle of New Orleans January 8th 1815 / drawn by O. Pelton ; engd. by H. Billings.

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The Battle of New Orleans January 8th 1815 / drawn by O. Pelton ; engd. by H. Billings.

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Print shows General Andrew Jackson, American soldiers, African Americans, and irregulars firing on the advancing British forces from behind bales of cotton at the Battle of New Orleans.

Engraved expressly for Abbott's lives of the presidents.
Published in: Lives of the presidents / John S.C. Abbott and Russell H. Conwell. Portland, ME : H. Hallett and Company, 1882, between p. 232 and 233.

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01/01/1882
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Billings, Hammatt, 1818-1874, engraver
Pelton, Oliver, 1798-1882, artist
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New Orleans (La.)29.95472, -90.07500
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Library of Congress
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