View Image - How both sides looked to American artist Herbert Morton Snoops in Battle of New Orleans. First, the British - or Scots, actually - wore plaid trousers, not kilts, as shown in the Cecil B. DeMiIIe 1958 film 77?e Buccaneer, and Gen. Jackson (right) most likely didn't stand straight up in the midst of the Redcoat attack. Most interesting, however, is the artist's depiction of the defenders, from left to right, Kentucky long rifle frontiersmen, American Army regulars, and Jean ...