DECEMBER 14, 1814:
The Battle of Lake Borgne, Louisiana. Royal Navy sailors and Royal Marines in open boats capture, after heavy fighting, a flotilla of American gunboats.
The battle took place east of New Orleans. Flotillas of American and British ships from Vice Admiral Sir Alexander Cochrane's fleet met in this battle.
The British eventually won this hard-fought battle, thereby enabling a landing near New Orleans.
--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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