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Major General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham, GCB (19 March 1778 – 8 January 1815), was an Anglo-Irish Army officer and politician. He was the son of the Baron Longford and the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he served in the Peninsular War.
- 1794–1815
- Thomas Pakenham
Edward Michael Pakenham was an Anglo-Irish army officer who spent the majority of his short life fighting for the British army. His career included service in Ireland, the West Indies, the Iberian Peninsula against Napoleon, and the United States, where he met his death at the age of 36 at the Battle of New Orleans.
17 de jun. de 2015 · January 8, 1815. Sir Edward Michael Pakenham was a promising young general who might have been a hero of the Napoleonic Wars if he hadn’t been killed in action, leading his countrymen in their attempt to invade New Orleans in 1815. Pakenham was born into a life of priveledge as an Irish aristocrat.
General de división Sir Edward Michael Pakenham, GCB (19 Marzo de 1778 – 8 de enero de 1815), fue un oficial y político del ejército angloirlandés. Era hijo del barón Longford y cuñado del duque de Wellington, con quien sirvió en la Guerra Peninsular. Durante la Guerra de 1812, fue comandante de las fuerzas británicas en América del ...
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. [1] [3]
- January 8, 1815
- American victory
Major General Sir Edward Michael Pakenham, GCB (19 March 1778 – 8 January 1815), was an Anglo-Irish Army officer and politician. He was the son of the Baron Longford and the brother-in-law of the Duke of Wellington, with whom he served in the Peninsular War.
Chalmette Plantation. Louisiana | Jan 8, 1815. The United States achieved its greatest land victory of the War of 1812 at New Orleans. The battle thwarted a British effort to gain control of a critical American port and elevated Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson to national fame. How it ended. United States victory.
