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New Orleans British order of battle information


British Forces, North America
Active1814–1815
CountryNew Orleans British order of battle United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
AllegianceNew Orleans British order of battle George III
BranchBritish army
TypeArmy
Size5,933 effectives out of a headcount of 6,660 soldiers
(25 December 1814)[1]
8,000 participants on 8 January 1815
6,334 effectives
(25 January 1815)[2]
EngagementsBattle of New Orleans
Commanders
Commander-in-chief
(23 December 1814 – 24 December 1814)
Major General John Keane
Commander-in-chief
(25 December 1814 – 8 January 1815)
Major General Edward Pakenham
Commander-in-chief
(8 January 1815 - 13 February 1815 )
Major General John Lambert

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. This romanticised portrayal, dating from 1860, has British soldiers wearing Bearskin caps, a headdress not worn since the American Revolutionary War
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