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The General Armstrong Privateer
In September 1814, in the Portuguese port of Fayal, of the Azores, a crew of American privateersmen defended the brig General Armstrong against an overwhelming British force.
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In the War of 1812 the little American Navy, including only a dozen frigates and sloops of war, won a series of victories against the English.
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The Battle of New Orleans was fought between the British and American Army (led by future president Andrew Jackson) in January 1815, shortly after the War of 1812 had ended.
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