The Legendary MICHAEL SEVERS

One man, five dollars and a gallon of whiskey turned the tide at the Battle of New Orleans

"The Kentuckians stood in two lines, ready to take the places of two lines of Tennesseans as soon as their pieces were discharged.”

STORY AND ARTWORK BY ANDREW KNEZ, JR.
THE LEGENDARY MICHAEL SEVERS


In DECEMBER of 1814, after learning that 50 British ships had sailed into Lake Borgne near New Orleans and deposited more than 8,000 troops, General Andrew Jackson rushed to defend the city and protect the entrance of the Mississippi River. Jackson...

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