The Hunters of Kentucky

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The Hunters of Kentucky told a very one-sided story of the Battle of New Orleans The Hunters of Kentucky On the 9th of January in the year 1815, about one-quarter of the American forces at Chalmette originated from Kentucky. Major General Andrew Jackson led skirmishes and full-blown battles across the Gulf Coast during the War of 1812. While he enjoyed success during that campaign, the Battle of New Orleans was the big victory. The story, from the Kentucky point of view, became a poem and song in 1821. The song Samuel Woodworth wrote poem. Noah M. Ludlow sang it in...