Battle of New Orleans' Ephraim Brank-- Part 7: "Some Great Spirit of Death"

It is not known how many of the British casualties were the result of Ephraim Brank's deadly rifle fire.

After the battle, a British officer said that Brank was clearly visible, standing alone on the American breastworks where, "He seemed to grown, phantom-like, higher and higher, assuming, through the smoke, the supernatural appearance of some great spirit of death.

"Again did he reload and discharge and reload and discharge his rifle, with the same unfailing unfailing aim, and the same unfailing result."

A British Soldiers' Worst Nightmare.  --Brock-Perry