DECEMBER 23RD, 1814: Battle of Villere's Plantation, Louisiana. The British take the plantation and set up an encampment for the army that will attack New Orleans. They repel a heavy American counterattack that lasts well into the night.
This is the opening engagement of the New Orleans Campaign. Americans launched a surprise attack on an advanced British force camped at Major General Jacque Villere's plantation on the east bank of the Mississippi River, about seven miles below New Orleans.
Real big news tomorrow, 200 years ago!!!
--Brock Perry
2012 marks the 200th anniversary of America's "Forgotten War," the War of 1812 that took place over three years, 1812 to 1815.
Battle of New Orleans.
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