USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On January 8, 1815, Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson’s hastily assembled army won the day against a battle-hardened and numerically superior British force.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a sweeping defeat of British forces, the Battle of New Orleans was a victory that would boost American nationalism after the War of 1812 and be forever enshrined in American memory.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Battle of New Orleans was fought on January 8, 1815 between the British Army under Major General Sir Edward Pakenham and the United States Army under Brevet Major General Andrew Jackson, roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the French Quarter of New Orleans, in the current suburb of Chalmette, Louisiana.

Detailed explanation-4: -On this day in 1815, Major General Andrew Jackson led a small, poorly equipped army to victory against 8, 000 British troops at the Battle of New Orleans. Jackson became a hero (and later the seventh president of the United States).