Another terror attack in London

One battle, not the war. The British won most of the other engagements. The American victory at New Orleans did not substantially affect the outcome of the war because it occurred after the treaty was signed and the loss by the British did not disturb the status quo ante anticipated by the treaty. An American loss, on the other hand, could have had some repercussions because, under the terms of the treaty, Britain would be within its rights to hold New Orleans because it would have been conquered before Congress ratified the treaty. Whether the British would have tried to keep New Orleans is a question for counter-factual history.

 

Tom, you should know better. New Orleans was fought after the Treaty of Ghent was signed.

 

Says les rosbifs ...

 

No, that was done by the cowardly Brits. It is typical of the "If we can't own it, nobody can" mentality of those pathetic people from that tiny insignificant island.

 

Yes, but they didn't know that. Word had not yet reached the armies in the field.

 

Yes, while the US Army was in the field fighting an honorable war, the cowardly Brits sneaked into DC and set fire to civilian homes, businesses, and the White House.

 

Yes. Right. The Brit army was so incompetent a sleeping army thoroughly trounced them at New Orleans! LOL!

 

U.S. Army not Continental, Tom.

 

You're projecting the present onto the past. The War of 1812 was not a war between the armies of two First World countries. It was a war between a First World (the British Army) and a Third World going on Second World (the US Army and its supporting State Militias) army.

 

Yeah. I was 25 years too late. And I'm a US Army vet!