An illustration by Adam Hook in Frontier Militiaman in the War of 1812 by Ed Gilbert, depicting the aftermath of the Battle of New Orleans.
The caption reads:
Here an officer from one of the US Army regiments, in winter uniform with dark trousers, offers a drink of whiskey to a captured British soldier, whose clothing is much the worse for wear after weeks in the swamps. The man in white trousers is a private of the US Marine Corps detachment that supported the artillery and played a prominent role in the night battle that disrupted the initial British assault on December 22, 1814. The man at right is a Kentucky drafted militiaman, a member of the reserve force positioned behind Carroll’s Brigade of Tennessee militia. The Kentuckians arrived poorly clothed and largely unarmed. This man wears clothing provided by the local citizens, a coat cut from an old blanket, “frontier boots” of moccasins and rag leggings, and is armed only with an axe.
