1st Infantry Regiment (United States) - War of 1812

War of 1812

In the War of 1812 the 2nd Infantry Regiment as well as the 7th and 44th Infantry Regiments, fought in the southern theater to include the Battle of New Orleans with General Andrew Jackson.

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