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History Matters: The Battle Of New Orleans

Red River Radio | By Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Published February 12, 2019 at 7:45 AM CST
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Death of Edward Pakenham at the Battle of New Orleans
Dr. Gary Joiner
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Dr. Gary Joiner

Airs Tuesday, February 12, 2019, at 7:45 a.m. Commentator Gary Joiner looks at the historic significance of the Battle Of New Orleans, and battle that took place after the war of 1812 ended.
 
History Matters is made possible in part by the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities and Louisiana Cultural Vistas Magazine.
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
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Gary Joiner, Ph.D.
Gary Joiner is a cartographer and an associate professor of history at LSU in Shreveport. He is the author or editor of 12 books including “Shiloh and the Western Campaign of 1862,” “One Damn Blunder From Beginning to End: The Red River Campaign in 1864,” “Through the Howling Wilderness: The Red River Campaign and Union Failure in 1864,” “Red River Steamboats,” and “Mr. Lincoln's Brown Water Navy: Mississippi Squadron.”
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