The Battle of New Orleans happened on this day in 1815. The engagement happened after the war had officially ended with The Treaty of Ghent.
The confrontation was consequential because it saved the Mississippi River for the US and it made Andrew Jackson into a national hero.
Jackson was elected president in 1828.
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