His connection to the area came in 1815 when he led 2,500 men to the ... developed the official city map of 73 New Orleans neighborhoods. But Public Law Center executive director David Marcello ...

On this day in 1815, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly equipped force to a decisive American victory against 8,000 British troops in the Battle of New Orleans. The invading British Army ...

These were among the natural waterways that once coursed through the West Bank of greater New Orleans ... runoff came in from the east, where an 1815 map shows an intricate network of unnamed ...

In February 1815, Rep. George Troup, a Democratic-Republican from Georgia, sponsored a House resolution honoring Jackson and the men under his command at the Battle of New Orleans. The resolution ...