DECEMBER 27, 1814:
WAR OF 1812
The American schooner Carolina is destroyed . It was the last of Commodore Daniel Patterson's makeshift fleet that fought a series of delaying actions that contributed to Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans.
For more on the USS Carolina, click on the USS Carolina label below. I had some difficulty in determining if this was the USS Carolina or USS Caroline, but now believe the ship's name was USS Carolina.
--Brock-Perry
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