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Originally Posted by Heibges
In 1814 we took a little trip,
Along with General Jackson,
Down the Mighty Mississipp',
We took a little bacon,
And we took a little beans,
And we beat the Bloody British,
At a place called New Orleans
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I believe that that is the one that I was told about. One battle won used as a victory marker.
So far as I was taught it was a war that nobody really won. It was just over.
The real fun bit is that the Treaty of Ghent was signed before the battle of New Orleans. So the war was already over. But even so the British still won the last battle at Fort Bowyer after New Orleans. But all that is moot since the treaty returned the borders to their original lines.
In the end it was just a silly silly war that changed very little.