American forces under General Andrew Jackson decimate…

American forces under General Andrew Jackson decimate the invading British army at the Battle of New Orleans, fought on January 8, 1815, two weeks after the Commissioners had signed the Treaty of Ghent, which will be ratified in February; thus, this battle has no impact on the outcome of the war.

News of the signing traveled too slowly to avert the two thousand British casualties; American casualties are fewer than one hundred.