All dates 1814.
OCTOBER 7-- The British fleet leaves the Chesapeake Bay and heads for Jamaica in preparation to enter the Gulf of Mexico.
NOVEMBER 7-- Jackson captures Pensacola from the British.
NOVEMBER 19-- Jackson returns to Mobile but expects a British attack.
NOVEMBER 22-- Jackson departs for New Orleans.
NOVEMBER 24-- British ships from England and France arrive at Negril Bay, Jamaica to meet the Chesapeake fleet.
DECEMBER 1-- Jackson arrives at New Orleans.
DECEMBER 12-- British fleet arrives at Lake Borgne, east of 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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