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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 · 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 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 January 8, 1815. The Americans had constructed three lines of defense, with the forward line four miles south of the city.
- January 8, 1815
- American victory
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.
Pakenham served with Sir George PREVOST in St Lucia and Nova Scotia before taking part in the NAPOLEONIC WARS. Service in North America and the War of 1812 Pakenham was not interested in serving in the North American war, but in October 1814 he was selected to take command of the NEW ORLEANS expedition following the death of the original ...
