NEW ORLEANS (WCSC) — U.S. Gen. Andrew Jackson achieved a major American victory in the War of 1812 at the Battle of New Orleans on Jan. 8, 1815, but after the treaty ending the war had been signed.

Fresh from his major victory at Horseshoe Bend, the recently promoted Major General Andrew Jackson began forming the most unusual army ever to defend American soil. Tennessee and Kentucky riflemen.

A reader recently submitted a question that, on the surface, seems simple enough. They wondered, “Did the Choctaw tribe fight alongside Gen. Andrew Jackson in the Battle of New Orleans?” The short ...