The war was an impasse to that point. Washington had been burned. but Baltimore saved itself at Fort McHenry, much to Francis Scott Key's delight. Most of the British sympathisizers had gone north to Canada. Canada had defended itself from zealous Americans. New orleans was necessary to show the British that their war making was obsolete…
The war was an impasse to that point. Washington had been burned. but Baltimore saved itself at Fort McHenry, much to Francis Scott Key's delight. Most of the British sympathisizers had gone north to Canada. Canada had defended itself from zealous Americans. New orleans was necessary to show the British that their war making was obsolete and the US could kick the shit out of them. After NOLA, there were no more attempts to re-take America militarily.
The war was an impasse to that point. Washington had been burned. but Baltimore saved itself at Fort McHenry, much to Francis Scott Key's delight. Most of the British sympathisizers had gone north to Canada. Canada had defended itself from zealous Americans. New orleans was necessary to show the British that their war making was obsolete and the US could kick the shit out of them. After NOLA, there were no more attempts to re-take America militarily.