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18 September, 07:36

Why was the Battle of New Orleans significant and how Andrew Jackson make this victory an important one in the eyes of the world as to how they viewed the US?

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    In two separate assaults, the 7,500 British soldiers under Sir Edward Pakenham were unable to penetrate the U. S. defenses, and Jackson's 4,500 troops, many of them expert marksmen from Kentucky and Tennessee, decimated the British lines. In half an hour, the British had retreated, General Pakenham was dead, and nearly 2,000 of his men were killed, wounded, or missing. U. S. forces suffered only eight killed and 13 wounded. Although the battle had no bearing on the outcome of the war, Jackson's overwhelming victory elevated national pride, which had suffered a number of setbacks during the War of 1812. The Battle of New Orleans was also the last armed engagement between the United States and Britain.
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