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Identifier: grandestcenturyi00nort (find matches)
Title: Grandest century in the world's history; containing a full and graphic account of the marvelous achievements of one hundred years, including great battles and conquests; the rise and fall of nations; wonderful growth and progress of the United States ... etc., etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Northrop, Henry Davenport, 1836-1909
Subjects: Nineteenth century
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., National publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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were to bepresented, and the call of another con-vention, to which this deputation wasto report, before any further decisiveaction should be taken. British Force Landed. In the meantime, it became knownthat a large British force—of at leasttwelve thousand men—had been landedat or near the mouth of the Mississippiriver, under Sir Edward Pakenham.The country everywhere was in tliegreatest alarm for the safety of NewOrleans. The command of this depart-ment was now in charge of GeneralJackson, with such forces as he couldcollect, consisting mostly of volunteersand militia, amounting in all to notmore than one half the numbers of theapproaching foe. He went vigorouslyto work to repel this most formidableinvasion. With such means of resist-ance as the genius of a born general only can improvise, he was soon in anattitude of defence. The result was theever-memorable charge of the British,and their bloody repulse by Jackson, onthe 8th of January, 1815. This was the most brilliant victory
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40 OUR SECOND WAR WITH GREAT BRITAIN. achieved by the arms of the UnitedStates during the war. Two thousandBritish soldiers, led in a charge onJacksons breastworks, were left deador wounded upon the field. Pakenhamhimself was killed. Major-GeneralsGibbs and Keane, the two officers nextin command, were both wounded, theformer mortally ; while Jacksons losswas only seven killed and six wounded. The War Ended. Upon the heels of the news of thissplendid achievement, which electrifiedthe country with joy, came the stillmore gratifying intelligence of a treatyof peace,which the commissioners hadeffected at Ghent on the 24th of Decem-ber, 1814, fifteen days before this greatbattle was fought. All discontentsceased, and in the general joy at thisclose of the bloody scenes of two yearsand over, it seemed to be entirely for-gotten or overlooked that not one wordwas said in the treaty about the right ofsearch or impressment by Great Britain,which was the main point in issue atthe commencement of

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