06-06-2006, 12:02
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Re: England Day
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Originally Posted by steeljack
"The Battle of New Orleans " was during the war of 1812 not the War of Independance (4th July ),which was fifty years earlier , the Brits got whupped again and chased back to Canada
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Much obliged for the correction steeljack however the fighting in Louisiana was really a series of battles for New Orleans, lasting from December 1814 through January 1815.
Quote from http://lsm.crt.state.la.us/cabildo/cab6.htm |
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