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New Evidence Shows Importance Of Battle Of New Orleans

Celebrations for the 200th anniversary of the Battle of New Orleans are on tap for next week.

New historical research is revealing how pivotal the victory was.

A big discovery has come from British records. A researcher recently went to London and found a set of secret orders given to General Edward Pakenham, the commander of the British invasion of the Gulf Coast.

The orders directed him to fight on and capture New Orleans regardless of any peace deal with the Americans.

Ronald Drez, a military historian who uncovered the papers, says this should put to rest notions that the battle was unimportant. The fight happened days after a peace treaty was signed to end the War of 1812.

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