NYT- Critics claim no plan for the peace
LAT- Insufficient forces claimed by Jackson's staff
A ragtag band of about 4,500 frontiersmen, pirates, and slaves led by
General Andrew Jackson defeat 5,300 British troops at the Battle of New Orleans, suffering just 71 casualties while inflicting more than 2,000 British casualties. Ironically, a peace treaty ending the War of 1812 had been signed in Ghent, Belgium on December 24. 1815
