[Rockpile]

I believe the New Orleans song was originally a poem written by a school teacher in the late 1940s. One of my Kentucky militia uncles and one of my wife’s G-g-g grandfathers were combatants there.

[Peter Libra]

Thanks for the information I am able to take the lyrics in good part. I visited the historic national park at Kings Mountain in South Carolina. The battle was in 1781, victory for America. A number of Kentucky militia were involved in that battle too. A British army drum is on display at the museum in Frankfort, Kentucky.

I hope your ancestors survived the Battle of New Orleans, I know the actual casualties of the American defenders were minimal. The British lost over 2000 men killed, and taken prisoner.