Definition of bezel. 1 : a rim that holds a transparent covering (as on a watch, clock, or headlight) or that is rotatable and has special markings (as on a watch) 2 gems : the oblique (see 1oblique 1a) side or face of a cut gem; specifically : the upper faceted portion of a brilliant projecting from the setting â see brilliant illustration.
Publisher. A+E Networks. Two weeks after the War of 1812 officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent, U.S. General Andrew Jackson achieves the greatest American victory of the war at the Battle of New Orleans.
Originally called the U.S. Barracks, or the New Orleans Barracks, the Army created the post to defend the Crescent City in the 1830s, when Andrew Jackson, hero of the Battle of New Orleans during the War of 1812, was president and the city was one of the wealthiest in the nation, said Rhett Breerwood, the National Guardâs state historian.