During World War II, this city produced the Higgins boat, a landing craft used on D-Day.
During World War II, this city produced the Higgins boat, a landing craft used on D-Day. A race riot erupted in this city after Robert Charles shot two white policemen. Slave rebels marched toward this city in the German Coast rebellion. During Reconstruction, the Battle of Liberty Place occurred in this city, where the Slaughterhouse cases were filed to test the Fourteenth Amendment. General Order Number 28 barred this city's women from insulting (*) Union troops while Benjamin Butler occupied it. Jean Lafitte's pirates helped defeat Sir Edward Pakenham in this city, home to a creole aristocracy. For 10 points, name this city whose namesake battle, fought two months after the Treaty of Ghent, made Andrew Jackson famous.
During World War II, this city produced the Higgins boat, a landing craft used on D-Day.
New Orleans, Louisiana