Jackson, using one thousand regulars and three…

Jackson, using one thousand regulars and three thousand to four thousand militia, pirates and other fighters, as well as civilians and slaves sent to work on the fortifications,  has built strong defenses just south of the city, which is one hundred and fifty miles (two hundred and forty kilometers) north of the Gulf.

The eight thousand British regulars under General Edward Pakenham attacked on January 8, 1815.

The Battle of New Orleans ias an American victory, as the British suffer two thousand casualties: two hundred and ninety-one dead (including Pakenham and his second and third in command); twelve hundred and sixty-two wounded, and four hundred and eighty-four captured or missing.

The Americans have seventy-one casualties: thirteen dead, thirty-nine wounded, and nineteen missing.

It is hailed as a great victory across the U.S., making Jackson a national hero and eventually propelling him to the presidency, restoring the American sense of honor, and ruining the Federalist party efforts to condemn the war as a failure.