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The following units and commanders of the American armed forces under Andrew Jackson fought at the Battle of New Orleans during War of 1812. The British order of battle is shown separately.

Abbreviations used

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Military rank

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Other

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  • w = wounded
  • k = killed
  • m = missing

Forces

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7th Military District: MG Andrew Jackson

General Staff

Division Brigade Regiments and Others

Left Wing[2]


     MG William Carroll

Carroll's Brigade[3]


     MG William Carroll

  • 1st Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col William Metcalf
  • 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col John Cocke
  • 3rd Regiment West Tennessee Militia: Col James Raulston
Coffee's Brigade[3]


     BG John Coffee

  • 1st Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen: Col Robert Dyer
  • 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen: Col Thomas Williamson
  • Jugeant's Choctaws: Maj Pierre Jugeant
Adair's Brigade[4]


     BG John Adair

  • Slaughter's Kentucky Militia: Ltc Gabriel Slaughter[5][6]
  • Gray's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc John Davis (detached to West Bank)[7]
  • Mitchusson's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc William Mitchusson[8]

Right Wing[2]


     Col George T. Ross

Louisiana Militia and Volunteers[9]


     MG Jacques Villeré
     Col Pierre de la Ronde
     Jean Michel Fortier[10]

U.S. Regular Army[13]
  • 7th U.S. Infantry: Maj Henry D. Peire
  • 44th U.S. Infantry: Col George T. Ross
  • U.S. Marines: Maj Daniel Carmick
  • Detachment, 1st U.S. Dragoons (there were no US Dragoons present at the Battle of New Orleans. Pickles is incorrect)

Reporting directly

West Bank[14]


     BG David B. Morgan

  • Naval Battalion: Commodore Daniel Patterson
  • 2nd Louisiana Militia Brigade: Maj Paul Arnaud[12]
  • Gray's Kentucky Militia Regiment: Ltc John Davis[12]
  • Additional Reinforcements (400 militiamen) from East Bank: Gen. Humbert[15][16]
Reserves[17]
  • Mississippi Dragoons: Maj Thomas Hinds[18]
  • Detachment, 1st U.S. Dragoons: Ogden (Ogden was not a Dragoon officer and there were no US Dragoons at this battle. Ogden was a New Orleans resident that led a group of mounted local guides. Also missing from the order of battle by Pickles are the Feliciana Dragoons. These, along with the Mississippi Dragoons were the only "dragoons" at the battle)
  • Battalion, Kentucky Militia: Maj Reuben Harrison

References

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  1. ^ "William Claiborne". Retrieved Feb 8, 2017.
  2. ^ a b Greene, 2004, Chapter VI: Final Preparations
  3. ^ a b Kanon, Tom. "Regimental Histories of Tennessee Units During the War of 1812". Tennessee State Library and Archives. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015.
  4. ^ Quisenberry, 1915, pp.134-135.
  5. ^ Smith, 1904, pp.187 to 195, Roll of Field and Staff, Slaughter's Regiment - APPENDIX II
  6. ^ Roosevelt, p.237
  7. ^ Smith, 1904, pp.196 to 202, Roll of Field and Staff, Davis's Regiment - APPENDIX III
  8. ^ Smith, 1904, pp.179 to 186, Roll of Field and Staff, Mitchusson's Regiment - APPENDIX I
  9. ^ Pickles, p. 37.
  10. ^ Harrison, Thomas,THE BATTALIONS OF FREE MEN OF COLOR, page 113 of 198 within Troop Roster
  11. ^ Hinsdale, Glenn L., American troops in the January 8 battle, page 5 of 198 within Troop Roster
  12. ^ a b c Hughes & Brodine (ed), pp.1014-1015
  13. ^ Pickles, p. 37.
  14. ^ Pickles, p. 37.
  15. ^ Latour, pg.lxii
  16. ^ Latour, pp.175-176
  17. ^ Pickles, p. 37.
  18. ^ Latour, pp.150-152

Bibliography

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  • Greene, Jerome (September 5, 2004) [September 1985], "Chapter VI: Final Preparations", Jean Lafitte National Historic Park Historic Resource Study, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, [Buell says] The breakdown of Jackson's available strength on both sides of the Mississippi was as follows:
  • Hughes, Christine F.; Brodine, Charles E., eds. (2023). The Naval War of 1812: A Documentary History, Vol. 4. Washington: Naval Historical Center (GPO). ISBN 978-1-943604-36-4.
  • Latour, Arsène Lacarrière (1999) [1816], Historical Memoir of the War in West Florida and Louisiana in 1814–15, with an Atlas, Gainesville: University Press of Florida, ISBN 0-8130-1675-4, OCLC 40119875
  • Pickles, Tim (1994). New Orleans 1815: Andrew Jackson Crushes the British. Campaign 28. Osprey Publishing. p. 37. ISBN 978-1-85-532360-5.
  • Quisenberry, Anderson Chenault (1969) [1915]. "X. The battle of New Orleans". Kentucky in the War of 1812. Genealogical Publishing Company. ISBN 0-8063-0282-8.
  • Roosevelt, Theodore (1900). The Naval War of 1812. Vol. II. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press.
  • Smith, Zachary F. (1904), The battle of New Orleans, Louisville, Kentucky: John P. Morton & Co.
  • "Troop Roster" (PDF). January 8 battle of Chalmette. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. April 17, 2015 [1977]. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 8, 2024. Retrieved April 4, 2024.
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