Biography
Louis Louaillier was a member of the Louisiana state legislature who, in March 1815 — after the Battle of New Orleans and the arrival of news that peace had been signed at Ghent — published a signed article in the Louisiana Courier attacking General Andrew Jackson's refusal to lift the martial law he had imposed on the city. Jackson had him arrested on March 5, 1815, and brought before a court-martial. When the military court declined to convict him, Jackson disregarded the verdict and kept him confined until martial law was finally lifted.
