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The following units of the British Armed Forces participated in the Battle of New Orleans on 8 January 1815. The American order of battle is shown separately.. The Death of Pakenham at the Battle of New Orleans by F. O. C. Darley shows the death of British Maj. Gen. Sir Edward Pakenham on 8 January 1815.
Scene of the old battleground of Valverde, on the Rio Grande, as it looked in 1885 Soldier's sketch of the Battle of Valverde. Confederate brigadier general Henry Hopkins Sibley envisioned invading New Mexico with his army, defeating Union forces, capturing the capital city of Santa Fe, and then marching westward to conquer California for the Confederacy.
Detachment, 1st U.S. Dragoons: Ogden (Ogden was not a Dragoon officer and there were no US Dragoons at this battle. Ogden was a New Orleans resident that led a group of mounted local guides. Also missing from the order of battle by Pickles are the Feliciana Dragoons. These, along with the Mississippi Dragoons were the only "dragoons" at the battle)
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, [3] roughly 5 miles (8 km) southeast of the French Quarter of New Orleans, [7] in the current suburb of Chalmette, Louisiana.
The following Union Army units and commanders fought in the Battle of New Market in the American Civil War. The Confederate order of battle is shown separately. Order of battle compiled from the army organization during the battle [1] and the reports. [2]
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Hamilton's Battalion [3] (2 New York light infantry companies; 2 New York and 2 Connecticut provisional light infantry companies) Hazen's Canadian Regiment; 2nd Division, commanded by Major General Benjamin Lincoln. 1st Brigade, commanded by Brigadier General James Clinton. 1st New York Regiment; 2nd New York Regiment
Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Army: Lt Gen the Earl of Wellington (local General) Commander-in-Chief of the Portuguese Army: Marshal William C. Beresford (w) Lt Col William H. De Lancey, Deputy Quartermaster-General (acting as Quartermaster-General)
Battle of Monmouth painting shows George Washington rallying his men while an embarrassed Charles Lee waits nearby. The Battle of Monmouth on June 28, 1778, saw a colonial American army under Major General George Washington fight a British army led by Lieutenant General Sir Henry Clinton .