The Battle Of New Orleans

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of New Orleans, out of these ships came 2000 British troops, which then walked across the swamps to the banks of the Mississippi just below New Orleans.
The Americans had only 71 casualties while the British had 2000. However, this battle had no effect on the war. There had already been peace terms agreed upon in the Treaty of Ghent, signed on December 24, 1814; but at the time of the battle, however, the treaty had not yet been ratified by the U.S. Senate. At 10:00 A.M. 22nd of December, Lieutenant Colonel William Thornton an officer in the British service, led his men from Isle aux Pois to the mainland. He came about half a mile toward New Orleans and stopped. The British chose to attack the Americans from the north by way of Isle aux Pois in the mouth of the Pearl River because this was the only only stable water they had found that ships could ride and ...

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