1814 SILVER US CAPPED BUST HALF DOLLAR COIN NGC FINE. 200 YEARS OLD COIN. In the Battle of 1812 , British forces launch in September 14, 1814, a New ORLEANS Campaign to reclaimed the Louisiana Purchase made in 1803. US. General Jackson with his 4,732 men was outnumbered by the British Army and Spain forces. General Jackson army compose of 1352 Tennessee, 986 Kentuckians,Mississippi militias, Louisiana militias, and indians. As the British Armies ,Spanish Armies marched open field with drums against the Americans in the woods , it was like a turkey shoot. After many battles lost , the Battle of New Orleans was fierce fighting the Americans turn back British forces , British thought General Jackson had 20,000 men, In the War of 1812 British soldiers burn the White House 19 ships punish the Americans with 25 hours of shells all night on Fort McHenry. Francis Scott Key witnessed the loud noise, flaming rockets into the early morning hours saw the American Flag still flying strong as to say , America is Strong , the British return home. He wrote the Star Spaniel Banner.