Identifier: makersofworldshi00nort (find matches)
Title: Makers of the world's history and their grand achievements
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: World history. (from old catalog) Biography
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Bank of the United States, andtook the first steps toward having for our country an independentTreasury and a specie currency. The chief military exploit of Old Hickory was his famous vic-tory at New Orleans, a detailed account of which is as follows : In themonth of December, 1S14, fifteen thousand British troops, under Sir Ed-ward Packenham, were landed for the attack of New Orleans. Thedefence of this place was intrusted to General Andrew Jackson, whoseforce was about six thousand men, chiefly raw militia. At daylight on the morning of the 8th of January, the main bodyof the British, under their commander-in-chief. General Packenham, wereseen advancing from their encampment to storm the American lines.On the preceding evening thej- had erected a battery within eight hun-dred yards, which now opened a brisk fire to protect their advance. TheBritish came on in two columns, the left along the levee on the bank ofthe river, directed against the American right, while the right advanced
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GKNERAL ANDREW JACKSON. 30o to the swamp, with a view to turn General Jacksons left. The countrybeing a perfect level, and the view unobstructed, their march was observedfrom its commencement. They were suflfered to approach, in silence andunmolested, until within tliree hundred yards of the lines. This period of suspense and expectation was employed by GeneralJackson and his officers in stationing every man at his post, and arrang-ing everything for the decisive event. When the British columns hadadvanced within three hundred yards of the lines, the whole artillery atonce opened upon them a most deadly fire. Forty pieces Ox cannon,deeply charged with grape, canister, and musket-balls, mowed them downby hundreds; at the same time the batteries on the west bank openedtheir fire, while the riflemen, in perfect security behind their works, asthe British advanced took deliberate aim, and nearly every shot tookeffect and made havoc among the enemy. JACKSONS MASTERLY DEFENSES. Through this

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